As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2020
Registration No. 333-     

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549



FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



TRANSALTA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
N/A
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
110-12th Avenue S.W., Box 1900
Station “M”
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
 
T2P 2M1
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
TransAlta Corporation Share Unit Plan
(Full title of the plans)

TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC
913 Big Hanaford Road, Centralia, Washington 98531-9101
(Name and address of agent for service)
 (360) 330 8128
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:

Kerry O’Reilly
TransAlta Corporation
110-12th Avenue S.W.
Station "M"
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2M1
(403) 267-7110
Andrew. J. Foley
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6064
(212) 373-3000
 



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
       
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
   
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Shares
412,371
(2)
$3,092,782.50
$401.44


(1)
This registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) covers the offering of an aggregate of 412,371 common shares (“Common Shares”), of TransAlta Corporation (the “Registrant”) which may be offered upon the settlement of vested share units granted under the TransAlta Corporation Share Unit Plan (the “Plan”). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers any additional Common Shares that may become issuable in respect of the securities identified in the above table to prevent dilution resulting from any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 2, 2020, a date within five business days of the filing of this Registration Statement.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta” or the “Registrant”) has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to register 412,371 common shares of TransAlta (the “Common Shares”), that may be purchased on the open market on behalf of participants of the TransAlta Corporation Share Unit Plan (the “Plan”), in settlement of vested of share units granted from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.
Plan Information.

The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees participating in the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, which are also incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus, other documents required to be delivered to eligible participants pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act, or additional information about the Plan, will be available without charge by contacting the Corporate Secretary of TransAlta in writing at 110-12th Avenue S.W., Station "M", Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2M1, or by telephone at (403) 267-7110.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which have been filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:

(a)
The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 4, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-15214);
 
(b)
the Registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, furnished to the SEC on March 4, 2020, and the Registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, furnished to the SEC on March 4, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-15214); and

(c)
the description of the Common Shares set forth under the caption “Description of Share Capital—Common Shares” in the Registration Statement on Form F-10 filed by the Registrant with the SEC on March 1, 2019 (Commission File No. 333-229991), and all amendments and reports filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.

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All documents subsequently filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing or furnishing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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Item 4.
Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Under s. 124 of the Canada Business Corporation Act ("CBCA"), the Registrant may indemnify a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer of the Registrant or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges, and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Registrant or other entity. In addition, the Registrant may advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to above. The individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions in (a) and (b) below. The Registrant may not indemnify an individual referred to above unless the individual (a) acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Registrant's request; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct was lawful. The Registrant may with the approval of a court, indemnify an individual referred to above, or advance moneys for the cost, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to above, in respect of an action by or on behalf of the Registrant or other entity to procure a judgment in its favor, to which the individual is made a party because of the individual's association with the Registrant or other entity as described above against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the individual in connection with such action, if the individual fulfills the conditions set out in (a) and (b) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an individual referred to above is entitled to indemnity from the Registrant in respect of all costs, charges and expenses, reasonably incurred by the individual in the defence of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the individual is subject because of the individual's association with the Registrant or other entity referred to above, if the individual seeking indemnity was not judged by a court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the individual ought to have done, and if the individual fulfills the conditions set out in (a) and (b) above.
The by-laws of the Registrant provide that subject to the limitations contained in the CBCA, but without limit to the right of the Registrant to indemnify any person under the CBCA or otherwise, the Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer of the Registrant or a person who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and the heirs and legal representatives thereof, against all costs, charges, and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which the individual is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant or a director or officer of such body corporate, if the individual (a) acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct was lawful.
The Registrant maintains a directors and officers' liability policy which provides coverage to the Registrant for all directors' and officers' related claims, losses and cost in any year, subject to policy terms and conditions, limits and deductibles.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and directors pursuant to which they are indemnified substantially to the extent permitted by the CBCA. Pursuant to the terms of these agreements the Registrant maintains errors and omissions insurance for its officers and directors while they remain an officer or director and for a period of 7 years thereafter.

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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

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Item 8.
Exhibits.
     
Exhibit Number
 
Description
4.1*
 
4.2*
 
4.3*
 
4.4*
 
4.5*
 
4.6
 
4.7
 
4.8*
 
23.1*
 
24.1*
 

* Filed herewith.

Item 9.
Undertakings.

(a)          The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by

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reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Calgary, Province of Alberta, Canada, on March 4, 2020.

  TRANSALTA CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
         
  By:
/s/ Kerry O’Reilly  

 
Name: Kerry O’Reilly
    Title:
Chief Officer, Legal, Regulatory
  and External Affairs
 



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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below appoints Dawn Farrell and Kerry O’Reilly, or any one of them, as such persons true and lawful attorneys to execute in the name of each such person, and to file, any post-effective amendments to this registration statement that any of such attorneys shall deem necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect thereto, in connection with this registration statement, which amendments may make such changes in such registration statement as any of the above-named attorneys deems appropriate, and to comply with the undertakings of the registrant made in connection with this registration statement; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies all that any of said attorneys shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Name
 
Title
 
Date
   

 

/s/ Dawn L. Farrell  
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
March 4, 2020
Dawn L. Farrell
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
         
/s/ Todd Stack  
Chief Financial Officer
 
March 4, 2020
Todd Stack
 
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
   
   

 

/s/ Rona Ambrose   Director  
March 4, 2020
Rona Ambrose
       
         
/s/ John P. Dielwart  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
John P. Dielwart
       
         
/s/ Alan J. Fohrer  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Alan J. Fohrer
       
         
/s/ Gordon D. Giffin  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Gordon D. Giffin
       
         
/s/ Yakout Mansour  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Yakout Mansour
       
         
/s/ Georgia R. Nelson  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Georgia R. Nelson
       
         
/s/ Bev F. Park  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Bev F. Park
       
         
/s/ Bryan D. Pinney  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Bryan D. Pinney
       
         
/s/ Robert C. Flexon  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Robert C. Flexon
       
         
/s/ Harry Goldgut  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Harry Goldgut
       
         
/s/ Richard Legault  
Director
 
March 4, 2020
Richard Legault
       


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AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the Authorized Representative has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, solely in its capacity as the duly authorized representative of TransAlta Corporation in the United States, on March 4, 2020.

 
TRANSALTA CENTRALIA GENERATION LLC
 
         
  By:
/s/ Lori Schmitt  

 
Name: Lori Schmitt
    Title:
Secretary  



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Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number
 
Description
4.1*
 
4.2*
 
4.3*
 
4.4*
 
4.5*
 
4.6
 
4.7
 
4.8*
 
23.1*
 
24.1*
 

* Filed herewith.



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EXHIBIT 4.1







Schedule “A”
TransAlta Corporation
1.
Common Shares

The Corporation shall be authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares, having the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching thereto:

(a)
Dividends.  The holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive dividends as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, subject to the prior satisfaction of all preferential rights to dividends attached to all shares of other classes ranking in priority to the Common Shares in respect of dividends.

(b)
Voting Rights.  The holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each Common Share held, except in respect of meetings at which only holders of a specified class or series of shares, other than the Common Shares, are entitled to vote.

(c)
Participation upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.  In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary or for reorganization or otherwise, and upon any distribution of assets for the purpose of the winding up of its affairs or in the event of any distribution upon a reduction of stated capital, the holders of the Common Shares shall, subject to the prior rights and privileges attaching to any class of shares of the Corporation ranking prior to the Common Shares, be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation and the same shall be paid or distributed equally share for share to the holders of the Common Shares.
2.
First Preferred Shares

The Corporation shall be·authorized to issue an unlimited number of First Preferred Shares, issuable in series, and having the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching thereto as a class:

(a)
Issuable in Series.  The First Preferred Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series and, subject to these Articles, the board of directors is authorized to fix, from time to time before issuance, the designations, rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions to attach to the shares of each series of First Preferred Shares.


 
(b)
Seniority.  The First Preferred Shares of all series shall rank senior to all other shares of the Corporation with respect to priority in payment of dividends and with respect to distribution of assets in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets for the purpose of winding up its affairs or in the event of any distribution upon a reduction of stated capital.  The First Preferred Shares shall not be liable to cancellation or reduction by reason of loss or depreciation of the Corporation’s assets until all other shares of the Corporation shall have been exhausted.  The First Preferred Shares of each series shall rank equally with the First Preferred Shares of every other series.

(c)
Dividends.  The holders of First Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive out of the net profits or surplus of the Corporation when and as declared by the board of directors cumulative dividends, payable quarterly, on the subscription price thereof, to shareholders of record on such days as shall be fixed by the board of directors from time to time.  The rate of dividend and the initial quarterly instalment date shall be determined by the board of directors at the time of issue of any one or more series of First Preferred Shares and dividends shall accrue and be cumulative from date of issue.  No dividends shall be declared, paid or set apart upon any other shares of the Corporation unless all cumulative dividends accrued upon the First Preferred Shares shall have been paid or declared and set apart.

(d)
Redemption.  Subject to the provisions relating to any particular series, the Corporation, upon resolution of the board of directors, may call for redemption and redeem, out of capital or otherwise, at any time the whole or from time to time any part of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares of any one or more series on payment for each share of such price or prices as may at the time be applicable to such series.  If the Corporation desires at any time to call for redemption and redeem less than all the outstanding First Preferred Shares of any one series, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such manner as may be prescribed by resolution of the board of directors.

(e)
Idem.  In any case of redemption of First Preferred Shares under the provisions of paragraph (d) above, the Corporation shall, at least 30 days before the date fixed for redemption, mail to each registered holder of the First Preferred Shares to be redeemed a notice in writing of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to such registered holder at the registered address or addresses of such holder or holders,
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as the case may be, or in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, then to the last known address of such holder, provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall state the redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the shares held by the holder to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number thereof so to be redeemed.  On or after the date fixed for redemption as specified in any such notice, the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holder of the First Preferred Shares to be redeemed the redemption price on presentation and surrender of the certificates representing the shares called for redemption at the head office of the Corporation, or any other place designated in such notice, and upon payment of such redemption price as aforesaid to the holder or holders of any of the First Preferred Shares to be redeemed such shares shall thereupon be cancelled and shall not be reissued.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate be redeemed, a new certificate representing the balance shall be issued to the holder at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date fixed for redemption as specified in any such notice the First Preferred Shares thereby called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders thereof shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of shareholders in respect thereof unless payment of the redemption price shall not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected.  Should the holders of any of the First Preferred Shares so called for redemption fail to present the certificates representing such share s on the date fixed for redemption as specified in such notice, the Corporation shall have the right to deposit the redemption price of such shares with any chartered bank or banks or with any trust company or trust companies in Canada to the credit of a special account or accounts in trust for the respective holders of such shares to be paid to them respectively upon surrender to such bank or banks or trust company or trust companies of the certificate or certificates representing the same and upon such deposit or deposits being made such shares shall be cancelled and shall not be reissued and the rights of the respective holders thereof after such deposit shall be limited to receiving without interest their respective proportionate parts of the tot al redemption price so deposited upon presentation and surrender of the certificates representing such shares held by them, respectively.  Any interest allowed on such deposit or deposits shall belong to the Corporation.

 
(f)
Purchase by the Corporation.  Subject to the provisions relating to any particular series, the Corporation shall have the right at its option at any time and from time to time to acquire, out of capital or otherwise, any of the First Preferred Shares
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of any one or more series by purchase for cancellation in the open market, or by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the said series, at a price or prices not exceeding in any case the redemption price applicable to such series under the provisions of paragraph (d) hereof, plus costs of purchase.  If, in response to any invitation for tenders, more First Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation will accept the lowest tender first and then tenders submitted at the next progressively higher prices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase then the Corporation shall accept such tenders in proportion as nearly as may be to the number of shares offered in each such tender.

(g)
Participation upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.  In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary or for reorganization or otherwise, and upon any distribution of assets for the purpose of winding up its affairs or in the event of any distribution upon a reduction of stated capital, no sum whatever shall be paid to and no assets whatever shall be distributed among the holders of any shares ranking junior to the First Preferred Shares until there shall have been paid to the holders of the First Preferred Shares the subscription price of the First Preferred Shares held by them plus a sum equal to the premium payable in case of redemption and a sum equivalent to the arrears, if any, of the dividends accumulated on the First Preferred Shares to the date of such liquidation, dissolution, winding up or reduction of stated capital, as the case may be, whether or not earned or declared, and after payment to the holders of the First Preferred Shares of the moneys so payable to them they shall not be entitled to share any further in the distribution of the profits or assets of the Corporation.

(h)
Voting Rights.  The holders of any particular series of First Preferred Shares shall, if the board of directors so determines prior to the issuance of any such series, be entitled to the voting rights set forth in Schedule “Z” hereto.  Except as herein referred to or as required by law, the holders of the First Preferred Shares as a class shall not be entitled as such to receive notice of, to attend or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation.

(i)
Further Issuances.  The holders of First Preferred Shares shall be subject to the right of the Corporation at any time and from time to time to issue additional shares of the Corporation including, without limiting the foregoing, the right to issue thereafter additional First Preferred Shares ranking equally with those now authorized.
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(j)
No Pre-emptive Rights.  The holders of the First Preferred Shares shall not as such be entitled to subscribe for or purchase or receive any part of any issue of shares or bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation otherwise than in accordance with the conversion, exchange or other rights, if any, which may from time to time attach to any series of the First Preferred Shares.

(k)
Amendment.  The provisions of paragraphs (a) to (l) inclusive may be repealed or amended only with the sanction of the holders of the First Preferred Shares given as hereinafter specified in addition to any other approval required by the Canada Business Corporations Act.

(l)
Idem.  The sanction of holders of the First Preferred Shares or of any series of the First Preferred Shares as to any and all matters referred to herein or as to any change adversely affecting the rights or privileges of the First Preferred Shares or of such series may, subject to the provisions applicable to such series, be given by resolution passed or by by-law sanctioned at a·meeting of such holders duly called for such purpose and at which the holders of at least 50% of the aggregate subscription price of the outstanding First Preferred Shares or series, as the case may be, are present or represented by proxy and carried by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the aggregate subscription price of the First Preferred Shares or series, as the case may be, represented and voted at such meeting cast on a poll.  If at any such meeting the holders of a majority of the outstanding First Preferred Shares or series, as the case may be, are not present or represented by proxy within half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date being not less than 15 days later and to such time and place as may be appointed by the chairman and at least ten days’ notice shall be given of such adjourned meeting.  At such adjourned meeting the holders of First Preferred Shares present or represented by proxy shall form a quorum and a resolution passed by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the aggregate subscription price of the First Preferred Shares represented and voted at such adjourned meeting cast on a poll shall constitute the sanction of the holders of First Preferred.  Shares or series referred to in this paragraph.  On every poll taken at every such meeting or adjourned meeting every holder of First Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25 of subscription price of First Preferred Shares held.

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Schedule “Z”
The holders of the [        ] Series First Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation fails to pay in the aggregate six quarterly dividends on the [               ] Series First Preferred Shares pursuant to clause [  ] hereof  on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether or not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the [               ] Series First Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the [        ] Series First Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25 of subscription price of the [        ] Series First Preferred Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the [        ] Series First Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall have been held shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days’ written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or replacing all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when there is no director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares

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entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.


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Schedule “B”

TransAlta Corporation
7.
Higher Shareholder Vote for Certain Specified Transactions

The following provisions shall form part of the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Common Shares as a class, the First Preferred Shares as a class and the Second Preferred Shares as a class:
7.1
Higher Vote for Specified Transactions.  Subject to subsections 7.5 and 7.6, in addition to any affirmative vote required by law or by these Articles, a resolution passed by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Non-Interested Shareholders and of a majority of the votes cast by holders of Voting Shares shall be required in respect of:
  (A)
any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation with (i) a Major Shareholder or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not itself a Major Shareholder) which is, or after such merger, amalgamation or consolidation would as a result be, an Affiliate or Associate of a Major Shareholder;
  (B)
the furnishing by the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation to a Major Shareholder or an Affiliate or Associate of a Major Shareholder of financial assistance in connection with any existing, contingent or future liability or obligation of the Major Shareholder or an Affiliate or Associate of the Major Shareholder or in connection with the creation, issue, redemption, purchase or cancellation of any securities of the Major Shareholder or of an Affiliate or Associate of the Major Shareholder;
  (C)
any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) in any period of 12 consecutive months to or with a Major Shareholder or an Affiliate or Associate of a Major Shareholder of any assets, products or services of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, having an aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on a cumulative basis) of 5% or more of Common Shareholders’ Equity;
  (D)
the purchase, lease or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) in any period of 12 consecutive months by the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation from a Major Shareholder or an Affiliate or Associate of a Major Shareholder of assets, products or services having an aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on a cumulative basis) of 5% or more of Common Shareholders’ Equity;
 
(E)
the issue or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation of any securities, or of rights, options or warrants to acquire any securities, of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation (in one transaction or a series of transactions) in any period of 36 consecutive months to a Major Shareholder or an Affiliate or Associate of a Major Shareholder where the securities which are the Shareholder or an Affiliate or Associate of a Major Shareholder of the outstanding shares of any class of shares carrying voting rights or any securities convertible into shares carrying voting rights of the Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Corporation or any successor of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation;



(F)
any reclassification of securities (including any subdivision or consolidation), capital reorganization or recapitalization of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, or any merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation of the Corporation with any Subsidiary of the Corporation or any other body corporate or any other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving any Major Shareholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share directly or indirectly owned by a Major Shareholder or an Affiliate or Associate of a Major Shareholder of the outstanding shares of any class of shares carrying voting rights or any securities convertible into shares of any class of shares carrying voting rights of the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation or any successor of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation;

(G)
the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation proposed at any time that there is a Major Shareholder;

(H)           (i)           the creation of a class or series of shares, either by amendment of the Articles of Amalgamation of the Corporation, as amended, or by a resolution of the board of directors of the Corporation establishing the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to a series of a previously authorized class of shares, as the case may be, which are Non-Voting Equity Shares or which would have the effect of making another class or series of securities Non-Voting Equity Shares; or

(ii)
a reorganization, arrangement, amalgamation or other form of business combination the effect of which is that any outstanding shares become Non-Voting Equity Shares; or

(I)
any agreement, contract or other arrangement providing for any one or more of the actions specified in clauses (A) through (H) of this subsection 7.1.
Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that a lesser vote may be otherwise specified, by law or by any other provision of the Articles of Amalgamation of the Corporation, as amended.
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7.2
Certain Definitions.  For the purposes of this Section 7:

(A)
“Affiliate”: a company shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of another company if one of them is the Subsidiary of the other or if both are Subsidiaries of the same company or if each of them is controlled by the same person or company.

(B)
“Associate” when used to indicate a relationship with any person means

(i)
a body corporate of which that person beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, shares or securities currently convertible into shares carrying more than twenty percent (20%) of the voting rights exercisable in the election of directors under all circumstances or by reason of the occurrence of an event that has occurred and is continuing, or a currently exercisable option or right to purchase such shares or such convertible securities;

(ii)
a partner of that person;

(iii)
a trust or estate in which that person has a substantial beneficial interest or in respect of which he serves as a trustee or in a similar capacity;

(iv)
a spouse of that person or any person of the opposite sex with whom that person is living in a conjugal relationship outside marriage or a child of that person; and

(v)
a relative of a person mentioned in sub-clause (iv) if that relative has the same residence as that person.

(C)
“Beneficial Owner” means a person who has beneficial ownership of a security and includes a person who has beneficial ownership within the meaning of the CBCA and, in addition to but without limiting the foregoing, a person shall be considered a beneficial owner of any security (whether or not owned of record):

(i)
with respect to which such person or any Affiliate or Associate of such person, directly or indirectly, has or shares voting power, including the power to vote or direct the voting of such security, or investment power, including the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security;
 
(ii)
if such person or any Affiliate or Associate of such person has the right to acquire such security (whether such right is exercisable immediately or after the passage of time or otherwise and whether such security shall then be issued or unissued) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, written or oral, or upon the exercise of any conversion right, exchange right, purchase right, warrant or option or otherwise or the right to vote or direct the voting of such security pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, written or oral (whether such

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right is exercisable immediately or after the passage of time or otherwise); or

(iii)
which is beneficially owned within the meaning of sub-clauses (i) or (ii) by any other person with which such first-mentioned person, or any Associate or Affiliate of such person, has any agreement, arrangement or understanding, written or oral, with respect to acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any securities of the issuer of such security or acquiring, holding or disposing of all or substantially all of the property of such issuer;
and the terms “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have corresponding meanings.
For the purpose only of determining whether a person is the Beneficial Owner of a specified percentage of the outstanding Voting Shares, the number of outstanding Voting Shares shall be deemed to include any unissued Voting Shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, purchase rights, warrants, options or otherwise (whether or not the same are then capable of being exercised) and which are deemed to be Beneficially Owned by such person pursuant to the provisions of clause (C) of this subsection 7.2.
A person shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of securities Beneficially Owned by a corporation controlled by such person or by an Affiliate of such corporation.

(D)
“CBCA” means the Canada Business Corporations Act, as amended, as in force and effect on the date of the Articles of Amalgamation of which these provisions form a part.

(E)
“Common Shareholders’ Equity” means the total amount of common shareholders’ equity of the Corporation, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, without limitation:

(i)
the stated capital of all Equity Shares of the Corporation;

(ii)
reinvested earnings; and

(iii)
contributed surplus;
as shown on the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation.
 
(F)
“controlled”: a body corporate shall be deemed to be “controlled” by another person or two or more persons if:

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(i)
securities entitled to vote in the election of directors carrying more than 50% of the votes for the election of directors are held by or for the benefit of the other person or persons; and

(ii)
the votes carried by such securities are entitled, if exercised, to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation.

(G)
“Equity Shares” means shares of the Corporation that carry a residual right to participate to an unlimited degree in earnings of the Corporation and in its assets upon liquidation or winding up.

(H)
“Fair Market Value” means (i) in the case of shares, the highest closing sale price during the 30 day period immediately preceding the date in question of such shares on The Toronto Stock Exchange, or, if such shares are not listed on such Exchange, on the principal securities exchange on which such shares are listed as determined by the directors in their sole discretion, or, if such shares are not listed on any such exchange, the fair market value on the date in question of such shares as determined by the board of directors in good faith; and (ii) in the case of property other than cash or shares, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined by the board of directors in good faith.

(I)
“financial assistance” includes, without limiting the generality of the words, the giving, granting or issuing of any loan, guarantee, indemnity or security, or the giving, granting or issuing of any undertaking or covenant involving the expenditure of funds now or in the future.

(J)
“Major Shareholder” means any person who or which:

(i)
is the Beneficial Owner of shares representing more than 20% of the votes  that may be cast by the holders of Voting Shares;

(ii)
is a person who at any time within the two year period immediately prior to the date in question was the Beneficial Owner of shares representing more than 20% of the votes that may be cast by the holders of Voting Shares; or

(iii)
will be a Major Shareholder upon the completion of a Specified Transaction.

(K)
“Majority of the Non-Interested Shareholders” means a majority of votes cast by holders of Voting Shares voting on the resolution in question, excluding the votes attached to all Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by the Major Shareholder involved in the Specified Transaction in question or, in the case of a vote on a matter referred to in clause (H) of subsection 7.1, excluding the votes attached to all Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by any Major Shareholder.
 
(L)
“Non-Interested Shareholder” means a holder of Voting Shares of the Corporation, other than a Major Shareholder.

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(M)
“Non-Voting Equity Shares” means Equity Shares

(i)
which are not Voting Shares;

(ii)
to which are attached voting rights that are less, on a per share basis, than the voting rights attaching to any other shares of an outstanding class or series of shares of the Corporation; or

(iii)
that carry a vote subject to some limit or restriction on the number or percentage of shares that may be voted by a person or group of persons.

(N)
“person” includes any individual, partnership, firm, body corporate, association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal representative, unincorporated organization or other entity or group.

(O)
product” means real and personal property of every description manufactured, supplied, furnished or produced including, without limitation, energy, however produced or supplied.

(P)
“series of transactions” includes not only a series of transactions with the same Major Shareholder but also a series of separate transactions with a Major Shareholder or any Affiliate or Associate of such Major Shareholder or any combination of them.

(Q)
“service” means a service of any description, including, without limitation, an industrial, trade, financial or professional service.

(R)
“Specified Transaction” means any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of clauses (A) through (I) of subsection 7.1.

(S)
“Subsidiary”: a company shall be deemed to be Subsidiary of another company if

(i)
it is controlled by

(a)
that other, or

(b)
that other and one or more companies each of which is controlled by that other, or

(c)
two or more companies each of which is controlled by that other, or

(ii)
it is a subsidiary of a company that is that other’s subsidiary.
 
(T)
“take-over bid” means an offer to purchase, directly or indirectly, Equity Shares that is made to holders of Equity Shares by take-over bid circular pursuant to applicable securities legislation or by stock exchange take-over bid through the

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facilities of a stock exchange recognized by applicable Canadian and provincial laws for such purpose and made in accordance with the rules of the exchange.

 
(U)
“Voting Shares” means the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors under all circumstances or by reason of the occurrence of an event that has occurred and is continuing.

(V)
“class of Voting Shares” shall include a series of a class of Voting Shares.
7.3
No Effect on Obligations.  Nothing contained in this Section 7 shall be construed to relieve any Major Shareholder from any obligation, liability or responsibility imposed by law.
7.4
Amendment or Repeal.  In addition to any other approval required by Law, a resolution passed by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Non-Interested Shareholders and a majority of the votes cast by holders of Voting Shares shall be required to amend, alter or repeal, or adopt any provision or provisions inconsistent with any provision or provisions of this Section 7.
7.5
Non-Application.  The provisions o:f clauses (A) to (G) of subsection 7.1, and clause (I) of subsection 7.1 as it applies to clauses (A) to (G) of subsection 7.1, do not apply where:

(A)
the Major Shareholder is a person, or an assignee of or successor to a person, who, in order to become the Beneficial Owner of more than 20% of the Voting shares, made a single take-over bid for all the Equity Shares not Beneficially Owned by such person and as a consequence of the take-over bid acquired Beneficial Ownership of 66-2/3% or more of the Equity Shares not already Beneficially Owned by such person; or

(B)
the Major Shareholder is the Beneficial Owner of more than 85% of the Equity Shares.
7.6
Certain Exemptions.  The provisions of clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) of subsection 7.1 shall not apply where the Specified Transaction is solely between or among the Corporation and one or more Subsidiaries or Associates of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary of the Corporation, where the relationship of Subsidiary or Associate arises through the direct beneficial ownership or control by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation of shares or securities of the Subsidiary or Associate and not by way of deemed beneficial ownership or control.
7.7
Severability.  If any provision contained in this Section 7 is determined to be invalid in whole or in part, it shall not be deemed to affect or impair the validity of any other provision contained in this section.


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EXHIBIT 4.2












SCHEDULE RE SECTION D OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TRANSALTA CORPORATION (the Corporation)
The Articles of the Corporation are amended pursuant to Section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a new series of First Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation designated as “Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series A”.  The Corporation is authorized to issue 12,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series A shares.  The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series A shall be as set out in Schedule “A” attached hereto.
The Articles of the Corporation are amended pursuant to Section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a new series of First Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation designated as “Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series D”.  The Corporation is authorized to issue 12,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series D shares.  The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series B shall be as set out in Schedule “B” attached hereto.


SCHEDULE “A” TO ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF
TRANSALTA CORPORATION
The first series of First Preferred Shares of the Corporation shall consist of 12,000,000 shares designated as Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Shares”).  In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the First Preferred Shares as a class, the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Series A Preferred Shares shall be as follows:
1.
Interpretation

(a)
In these Series A Preferred Share provisions, the following expressions have the meanings indicated:

(i)
Annual Fixed Dividend Rate” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on the applicable Fixed Rate Calculation Date and 2.03%;

(ii)
Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page” means the display designated as page “GCAN5YR<INDEX>” on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service or its successor service (or such other page as may replace the GCAN5YR<INDEX> page on that service or its successor service) for purposes of displaying Government of Canada bond yields;

(iii)
Book-Based System” means the record entry securities transfer and pledge system administered by the System Operator in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of the System Operator in force from time to time and any successor system thereof;

(iv)
Book-Entry Holder” means the person that is the beneficial holder of a Book-Entry Share;

(v)
Book-Entry Shares” means the Series A Preferred Shares held through the Book-Based System;

(vi)
Business Day” means a day on which chartered banks are generally open for business in both Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario;

(vii)
CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or any successor thereof;

(viii)
Common Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation;

(ix)
Definitive Share” means a fully registered, typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced share certificate representing one or more Series A Preferred Shares;



(x)
Dividend Payment Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year; provided that, if such date is not a Business Day, the applicable Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day;

(xi)
First Preferred Shares” means the first preferred shares of the Corporation;

(xii)
Fixed Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period;

(xiii)
Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the T-Bill Rate on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date and 2.03%;

(xiv)
Floating Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Quarterly Floating Rate Period;

(xv)
Global Certificate” means the global certificate representing outstanding Book-Entry Shares;

(xvi)
Government of Canada Yield” on any date means the yield to maturity on such date (assuming semi-annual compounding) of a Canadian dollar denominated non-callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 a.m.  (Toronto time) on such date and that appears on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date, then the Government of Canada Yield shall mean the arithmetic average of the yields quoted to the Corporation by two registered Canadian investment dealers selected by the Corporation as being the annual yield to maturity on such date, compounded semi-annually, that a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued, in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity of five years;

(xvii)
Initial Fixed Rate Period” means the period from and including the date of issue of the Series A Preferred Shares to but excluding March 31, 2016;

(xviii)
Liquidation” means the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

(xix)
Participants” means the participants in the Book-Based System;

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(xx)
Pro Rated Dividend” means the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the dividend payable for a Quarter in which a Liquidation, conversion or redemption is to occur by four and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the date fixed for Liquidation, conversion or redemption to but excluding such date and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year;

(xxi)
Quarter” means a three-month period ending on a Dividend Payment Date;

(xxii)
Quarterly Commencement Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing March 31, 2016;

(xxiii)
Quarterly Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including a Quarterly Commencement Date to but excluding the next succeeding Quarterly Commencement Date;

(xxiv)
Series A Conversion Date” means March 31, 2016, and March 31 in every fifth year thereafter;

(xxv)
Series B Preferred Shares” means the Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series B of the Corporation;

(xxvi)
Subsequent Fixed Rate Period” means, for the initial Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the period from and including March 31, 2016, to but excluding March 31, 2021, and for each succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period means the period from and including the day immediately following the last day of the immediately preceding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to but excluding March 31 in the fifth year thereafter;

(xxvii)
System Operator” means CDS or its nominee or any successor thereof; and

(xxviii)
T-Bill Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the average yield expressed as an annual rate on 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills, as reported by the Bank of Canada, for the most recent treasury bills auction preceding the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date.

(b)
The expressions “on a parity with”, “ranking prior to”, “ranking junior to” and similar expressions refer to the order of priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation.

(c)
If any day on which any dividend on the Series A Preferred Shares is payable by the Corporation or on or by which any other action is required to be taken by the Corporation is not a Business Day, then such dividend shall be payable and such other action may be taken on or by the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

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2.
Dividends

(a)
During the Initial Fixed Rate Period, the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends at an annual rate of $1.15 per share, payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date in each year.  The first dividend, if declared, shall be payable on March 31, 2011, and, notwithstanding the foregoing, shall be in the amount per share determined by multiplying $1.15 by the number of days in the period from and including the date of issue of the Series A Preferred Shares to but excluding, March 31, 2011, and dividing that product by 365.

(b)
During each Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as andwhen declared by the Board of Directors, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date, in the amount per share determined by multiplying one-quarter of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period by $25.00.

(c)
On each Fixed Rate Calculation Date, the Corporation shall determine the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period.  Each such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Corporation and upon all holders of Series A Preferred Shares.  The Corporation shall, on each Fixed Rate Calculation Date, give written notice of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to the registered holders of the then outstanding Series A Preferred Shares.  Each such notice shall be given by electronic transmission, by facsimile transmission or by ordinary unregistered first class prepaid mail addressed to each holder of Series A Preferred Shares at the last address of such holder as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any holder not so appearing, to the address of such holder last known to the Corporation.

(d)
If a dividend has been declared for a Quarter and a date is fixed for a Liquidation, redemption or conversion that is prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such Quarter, a Pro Rated Dividend shall be payable on the date fixed for such Liquidation, redemption or conversion instead of the dividend declared, but if such Liquidation, redemption or conversion does not occur, then the full amount of the dividend declared shall be payable on the originally scheduled Dividend Payment Date.

(e)
If the dividend payable on any Dividend Payment Date is not paid in full on such date on all of the Series A Preferred Shares then outstanding, such dividend or the unpaid part of it shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates to be determined by the Board of Directors on which the Corporation shall have sufficient moneys properly applicable, under the provisions of any applicable law and under the provisions of

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any trust indenture securing bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation, to the payment of the dividend.


(f)
Cheques of the Corporation payable in lawful money of Canada at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada may be issued in respect of the dividends (less any tax required to be deducted) and payment of the cheques shall satisfy such dividends, or payments in respect of dividends may be made in any other manner determined by the Corporation.

(g)
The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend other than as specified in this paragraph (2).
3.
Purchase for Cancellation
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (9) and subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, the Corporation may at any time or times purchase (if obtainable) for cancellation all or any part of the Series A Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time:

(a)
through the facilities of any stock exchange on which the Series A Preferred Shares are listed,

(b)
by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Shares outstanding, or

(c)
in any other manner,
at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such shares are obtainable.  If upon any invitation for tenders under the provisions of this paragraph (3) more Series A Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation shall accept, to the extent required, the tenders submitted at the lowest price and then, if and as required, the tenders submitted at the next progressively higher prices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase, then the shares tendered at such price shall be purchased as nearly as may be pro rata (disregarding fractions) according to the number of Series A Preferred Shares so tendered by each of the holders of Series A Preferred Shares who submit tenders at that price.  From and after the date of purchase of any Series A Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (3), the shares so purchased shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
4.
Redemption

(a)
The Series A Preferred Shares shall not be redeemable prior to March 31, 2016, Subject to the provisions of paragraph (9), on March 31, 2016, and on March 31 in every fifth year thereafter, the Corporation, upon giving notice as herein provided, may redeem all or any part of the Series A Preferred Shares by the payment of an amount in cash for each share to be redeemed equal to $25.00 (such amount being the “redemption amount”) plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the whole constituting the “cash redemption price”).  For the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act

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(Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, the amount specified in respect of each Series A Preferred Share is $25.00.


(b)
In any case of redemption of Series A Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (4), the Corporation shall, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date specified for redemption, mail to each person who at the date of mailing is a registered holder of Series A Preferred Shares to be redeemed a written notice of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such Series A Preferred Shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to each such holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall set out the cash redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the Series A Preferred Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number so to be redeemed.  On or after the date so specified for redemption the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holders of the Series A Preferred Shares to be redeemed the cash redemption price on presentation and surrender at the head office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates for the Series A Preferred Shares called for redemption, subject to the provisions of paragraph (14).  Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada.  Such Series A Preferred Shares shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate shall be redeemed, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any such notice, the Series A Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless payment of the cash redemption price shall not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected.  The Corporation shall have the right, at any time after the mailing of notice of its intention to redeem any Series A Preferred Shares, to deposit the cash redemption price of the shares so called for redemption, or of such of the shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders in connection with such redemption, to a special account in any chartered bank or any trust company in Canada named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Series A Preferred Shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the certificates representing such shares.  Upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the Series A Preferred Shares in respect of which such deposit shall have been made shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares and the rights of the holders after such deposit or such redemption date shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total cash redemption price so deposited against presentation and surrender of the certificates held by them respectively.  Any interest

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allowed on any such deposit shall belong to the Corporation and any unclaimed funds remaining on deposit on the sixth anniversary date of the redemption shall be returned to the Corporation.  Subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, in case a part only of the then outstanding Series A Preferred Shares is at any time to be redeemed, the shares so to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such manner as the Board of Directors or the transfer agent and registrar, if any, appointed by the Corporation in respect of such shares shall decide, or, if the Board of Directors so decides, such shares may be redeemed pro rata (disregarding fractions).

5.
Conversion into Series B Preferred Shares

(a)
The Series A Preferred Shares shall not be convertible prior to March 31, 2016.  Holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall have the right to convert on each Series A Conversion Date, subject to the provisions hereof, all or any of their Series A Preferred Shares into Series B Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series B Preferred Share for each Series A Preferred Share.  The Corporation shall, not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the applicable Series A Conversion Date, give notice in writing in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 2(c) to the then registered holders of the Series A Preferred Shares of the conversion right provided for in this paragraph (5), which notice shall set out the Series A Conversion Date and instructions to such holders as to the method by which such conversion right may be exercised.  On the 30th day prior to each Series A Conversion Date, the Corporation shall give notice in writing to the then registered holders of the Series A Preferred Shares of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Series A Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period and the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series B Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c).

(b)
If the Corporation gives notice as provided in paragraph (4) to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares of the redemption of all of the Series A Preferred Shares, then the right of a holder of Series A Preferred Shares to convert such Series A Preferred Shares shall terminate effective on the date of such notice and the Corporation shall not be required to give the notice specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph (5).

(c)
Holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to convert their shares into Series B Preferred Shares if the Corporation determines that therewould remain outstanding on a Series A Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series B Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series A Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series B Preferred Shares and all Series B Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series A Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c) to all affected registered holders of the Series A Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the applicable Series A Conversion Date and shall issue and deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior to such Series A Conversion Date, at the expense of the Corporation, to such holders of Series A Preferred Shares who have surrendered for conversion
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any certificate or certificates representing Series A Preferred Shares, certificates representing the Series A Preferred Shares represented by any certificate or certificates so surrendered.


(d)
If the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series A Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series A Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series A Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series B Preferred Shares and all Series B Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series A Preferred Shares, then all of the remaining outstanding Series A Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically into Series B Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series B Preferred Share for each Series A Preferred Share on the applicable Series A Conversion Date and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c) to the then registered holders of such remaining Series A Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the Series A Conversion Date.

(e)
The conversion right may be exercised by a holder of Series A Preferred Shares by notice in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation (the “Series A Conversion Notice”), which notice must be received by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series A Preferred Shares at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of such transfer agent and registrar not earlier than the 30th day prior to, but not later than 5:00 p.m.  (Toronto time) on the 15th day preceding, a Series A Conversion Date.  The Series A Conversion Notice shall indicate the number of Series A Preferred Shares to be converted.  Once received by the transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the Corporation, the election of a holder to convert is irrevocable.  Except in the case where the Series B Preferred Shares are in the Book-Based System, if the Series B Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name or names different from the name or names of the registered holder of the Series A Preferred Shares to be converted, the Series A Conversion Notice shall contain written notice in form and execution satisfactory to such transfer agent and registrar directing the Corporation to register the Series B Preferred Shares in some other name or names (the “Series B Transferee”) and stating the name or names (with addresses) and a written declaration, if required by the Corporation or by applicable law, as to the residence and share: ownership status of the Series B Transferee and such other matters as may be required by such law in order to determine the entitlement of such Series B Transferee to hold such Series B Preferred Shares.

(f)
If all remaining outstanding Series A Preferred Shares are to be converted into Series B Preferred Shares on the applicable Series A Conversion Date as provided for in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph (5), the Series A Preferred Shares that holders have not previously elected to convert shall be converted on the Series A Conversion Date into Series B Preferred Shares and the holders thereof shall be deemed to be holders of Series B Preferred Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Series A Conversion Date and shall be entitled, upon surrender during regular business hours at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing Series A Preferred Shares not previously surrendered for conversion, to receive a certificate or certificates

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representing the same number of Series B Preferred Shares in the manner and subject to the provisions of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14).


(g)
Subject to subparagraph (h) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14), as promptly as practicable after the Series A Conversion Date the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Series B Preferred Shares registered in the name of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares to be converted, or as such holders shall have directed, on presentation and surrender at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar for the Series A Preferred Shares of the certificate or certificates for the Series A Preferred Shares to be converted.  If only a part of such Series A Preferred Shares represented by any certificate shall be converted, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any Series B Conversion Notice, the Series A Preferred Shares converted into Series B Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares, and the holders thereof shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless the Corporation shall fail, subject to paragraph (14), to deliver to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares to be converted share certificates representing the Series B Preferred Shares into which such shares have been converted.

(h)
The obligation of the Corporation to issue Series B Preferred Shares upon conversion of any Series A Preferred Shares shall be deferred during the continuance of any one or more of the following events:

(i)
the issuing of such Series B Preferred Shares is prohibited pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Corporation to assure its solvency or continued operation;

(ii)
the issuing of such Series B Preferred Shares is prohibited by law or by any regulatory or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation that is acting in conformity with law; or

(iii)
for any reason beyond its control, the Corporation is unable to issue Series B Preferred Shares or is unable to deliver Series B Preferred Shares.

(i)
the Corporation reserves the right not to deliver Series B Preferred Shares to any person that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a person whose address is in, or that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a resident of, any jurisdiction outside Canada if such delivery would require the Corporation to take any action to comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  In those circumstances, the Corporation shall hold, as agent of any such person, all or the relevant number of Series B Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall attempt to sell such Series B Preferred Shares to parties other than the Corporation and its affiliates on behalf of any such person.  Such sales (if any) shall be made at such times and at such prices as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may determine.  The Corporation shall not be subject to any liability for failure to sell Series B Preferred Shares on behalf of any such person at all or at any

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particular price or on any particular day.  The net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of any such Series B Preferred Shares shall be delivered to any such person, after deducting the costs of sale, by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Corporation.

6.
Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up
In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $25.00 per Series A Preferred Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series A Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date of such Liquidation, before any amount shall be paid or any property or assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the holders of the Common Shares or to the holders of any other shares ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Shares in any respect.  After payment to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares of the amount so payable to them, they shall not, as such, be entitled to share in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Corporation.
7.
Voting Rights
The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation fails to pay in the aggregate six quarterly dividends on the Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to clause 2 hereof on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether or not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the Series A Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25 of subscription price of the Series A Preferred Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect

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sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or replacing all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when there is no director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of the First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.
8.
Restrictions on Partial Redemption or Purchase
So long as any of the Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not call for redemption, purchase, reduce or otherwise pay for less than all the Series A Preferred Shares and all other preferred shares then outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on all such shares then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of such call for redemption, purchase, reduction or other payment.
9.
Restrictions on Payment of Dividends and Reduction of Junior Capital
So long as any of the Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not:

(a)
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividends (other than stock dividends in shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Shares) on the Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends; or

(b)
call for redemption of, purchase, reduce the stated capital maintained by the Corporation or otherwise pay for any shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to repayment of capital or with respect to payment of dividends;
unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on the Series A Preferred Shares and on all other preferred shares ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of any such action referred to in subparagraphs 9(a) and (b).
10.
Issue of Additional Preferred Shares
No class of shares may be created or issued ranking as to repayment of capital or payment of dividends prior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Shares without the prior approval of the

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holders of the Series A Preferred Shares given as specified in paragraph (11), nor shall the number of Series A Preferred Shares be increased without such approval; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (10) shall prevent the Corporation from creating additional series of First Preferred Shares and, if all dividends then payable on the Series A Preferred Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment, from issuing additional series of First Preferred Shares without such approval.
11.
Sanction by Holders of Series A Preferred Shares
The approval of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to any and all matters referred to in these share provisions may be given in writing by all of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares outstanding or by resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at a meeting of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares duly called and held for the purpose of considering the subject matter of such resolution and at which holders of not less than a majority of all Series A Preferred Shares then outstanding are present in person or represented by proxy in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation; provided, however, that if at any such meeting, when originally held, the holders of at least a majority of all Series A Preferred Shares then outstanding are not present in person or so represented by proxy within 30 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date, being not less than 15 days later, and to such time and place as may be fixed by the chairman of such meeting, and at such adjourned meeting the holders of Series A Preferred Shares present in person or so represented by proxy, whether or not they hold a majority of all Series A Preferred Shares then outstanding, may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called, and a resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at such adjourned meeting shall constitute the approval of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares.  Notice of any such original meeting of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for such meeting and shall specify in general terms the purpose for which the meeting is called, and notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such adjourned meeting, but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the purpose for which the adjourned meeting is called.  The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such original meeting or adjourned meeting and the conduct of it shall be those from time to time prescribed in the by-laws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders.  On every poll taken at any such original meeting or adjourned meeting, each holder of Series A Preferred Shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each of the Series A Preferred Shares held by such holder.
12.
Tax Election
The Corporation shall elect, in the manner and within the time provided under subsection.  191.2(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, to pay tax at a rate, and shall take all other action necessary under such Act, such that no holder of Series A Preferred Shares shall be required to pay tax on dividends received on the Series A Preferred Shares under section 187.2 of such Act or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect.
13.
Withholding Tax
Notwithstanding any other provision of these share provisions, the Corporation may deduct or withhold from any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery (whether in cash or in shares) to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or
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withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and shall remit any such amounts to the relevant tax authority as required.  If the cash component of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions is less than the amount that the Corporation is so required or permitted to deduct or withhold, the Corporation shall be permitted to deduct and withhold from any non-cash payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and to dispose of such property in order to remit any amount required to be remitted to any relevant tax authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made to a holder of Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to these share provisions shall be considered to be the amount of the payment, distribution, issuance or delivery received by such holder plus any amount deducted or withheld pursuant to this paragraph (13).  Holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall be responsible for all withholding taxes under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, in respect of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation on an after-tax basis for any such taxes imposed on any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions.
14.
Book‑Based System

(a)
Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph (14) and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) of these share provisions, the Series A Preferred Shares shall be evidenced by a single fully registered Global Certificate representing the aggregate number of Series A Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation which shall be held by, or on behalf of, the System Operator as custodian of the Global Certificate for the Participants and registered in the name of “CDS & Co.” (or in such other name as the System Operator may use from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the Book-Based System), and registrations of ownership, transfers, surrenders and conversions of Series A Preferred Shares shall be made only through the Book-Based System.  Accordingly, subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (14), no beneficial holder of Series A Preferred Shares shall receive a certificate or other instrument from the Corporation or the System Operator evidencing such holder’s ownership thereof, and no such holder shall be shown on the records maintained by the System Operator except through a book-entry account of a Participant acting on behalf of such holder.

(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13), so long as the System Operator is the registered holder of the Series A Preferred Shares:

(i)
the System Operator shall be considered the sole owner of the Series A Preferred Shares for the purposes of receiving notices or payments on or in respect of the Series A Preferred Shares or the delivery of Series B Preferred Shares and certificates therefor upon the exercise of rights of conversion; and

(ii)
the Corporation, pursuant to the exercise of rights of redemption or conversion, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the System Operator, for the benefit of the beneficial holders of the Series A Preferred Shares, the cash redemption price for the Series A Preferred Shares or certificates for Series B

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Preferred Shares against delivery to the Corporation’s account with the System Operator of such holders’ Series A Preferred Shares.


(c)
If the Corporation determines that the System Operator is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Based System and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor or the Corporation elects, or is required by applicable law, to withdraw the Series A Preferred Shares from the Book-Based System, then subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (14) shall no longer be applicable to the Series A Preferred Shares and the Corporation shall notify Book-Entry Holders through the System Operator of the occurrence of any such event or election and of the availability of Definitive Shares to Book-Entry Holders.  Upon surrender by the System Operator of the Global Certificate to the transfer agent and registrar for the Series A Preferred Shares accompanied by registration instructions for re-registration, the Corporation shall execute and deliver Definitive Shares.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in delivering such instructions and may conclusively act and rely on and shall be protected in acting and relying on such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Shares, the Corporation shall recognize the registered holders of such Definitive Shares and the Book-Entry Shares for which such Definitive Shares have been substituted shall be void and of no further effect.

(d)
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) and the exercise of rights of redemption and conversion, with respect to Series A Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of this paragraph (14), and to the extent that there is any inconsistency or conflict between such provisions, the provisions of this paragraph (14) shall prevail.
15.
Wire or Electronic Transfer of Funds
Notwithstanding any other right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Series A Preferred Shares, the Corporation may, at its option, make any payment due to registered holders of Series A Preferred Shares by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds to such holders.  If a payment is made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall be responsible for any applicable charges or fees relating to the making of such transfer.  As soon as practicable following the determination by the Corporation that a payment is to be made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall provide a notice to the applicable registered holders of Series A Preferred Shares at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such notice shall request that each applicable registered holder of Series A Preferred Shares provide the particulars of an account of such holder with a chartered bank in Canada to which the wire or electronic transfer of funds shall be directed.  If the Corporation does not receive account particulars from a registered holder of Series A Preferred Shares prior to the date such payment is to be made, the Corporation shall deposit the funds otherwise payable to such holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder.  The making of a payment by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds or the deposit by the Corporation of funds otherwise payable to a holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder shall be deemed to constitute payment by the Corporation on the date thereof and shall satisfy and discharge all liabilities of the Corporation for such payment to the extent of the amount represented by such transfer or deposit.

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16.
Amendments
The provisions attaching to the Series A Shares may be deleted, varied, modified, amended or amplified by articles of amendment with such approval as may then be required by the Canada Business Corporations Act, with any such approval to be given in accordance with paragraph (11) and with any required approvals of any stock exchanges on which the Series A Shares may be listed.


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SCHEDULE “B” TO ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF
TRANSALTA CORPORATION
The second series of First Preferred Shares of the Corporation shall consist of 12,000,000 shares designated as Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series B (the “Series B Preferred Shares”).  In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the First Preferred Shares as a class, the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Series B Preferred Shares shall be as follows:
1.
Interpretation

(a)
In these Series B Preferred Share provisions, the following expressions have the meanings indicated:

(i)
Annual Fixed Dividend Rate” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on the applicable Fixed Rate Calculation Date and 2.03%;

(ii)
Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page” means the display designated as page “GCAN5YR<INDEX>” on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service or its successor service (or such other page as may replace the GCAN5YR<INDEX> page on that service or its successor service) for purposes of displaying Government of Canada bond yields;

(iii)
Book-Based System” means the record entry securities transfer and pledge system administered by the System Operator in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of the System Operator in force from time to time and any successor system thereof;

(iv)
Book-Entry Holder” means the person that is the beneficial holder of a Book-Entry Share;

(v)
Book-Entry Shares” means the Series B Preferred Shares held through the Book-Based System;

(vi)
Business Day” means a day on which chartered banks are generally open for business in both Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario;

(vii)
CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or any successor thereof;

(viii)
Common Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation;

(ix)
Definitive Share” means a fully registered, typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced share certificate representing one or more Series B Preferred Shares;

(x)
Dividend Payment Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year; provided that, if such date is not a Business



 
Day, the applicable Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day;


(xi)
First Preferred Shares” means the first preferred shares of the Corporation;

(xii)
Fixed Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period;

(xiii)
Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the T-Bill Rate on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date and 2.03%;

(xiv)
Floating Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Quarterly Floating Rate Period;

(xv)
Global Certificate” means the global certificate representing outstanding Book-Entry Shares;

(xvi)
Government of Canada Yield” on any date means the yield to maturity on such date (assuming semi-annual compounding) of a Canadian dollar denominated non-callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date and that appears on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date, then the Government of Canada Yield shall mean the arithmetic average of the yields quoted to the Corporation by two registered Canadian investment dealers selected by the Corporation as being the annual yield to maturity on such date, compounded semi-annually, that a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued, in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity of five years;

(xvii)
Liquidation” means the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

(xviii)
Participants” means the participants in the Book-Based System;

(xix)
Pro Rated Dividend” means the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the dividend payable for a Quarter in which a Liquidation, conversion or redemption is to occur by four and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the date fixed for Liquidation, conversion or redemption to but excluding such date and the
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denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year;


(xx)
Quarter” means a three-month period ending on a Dividend Payment Date;

(xxi)
Quarterly Commencement Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing March 31, 2016;

(xxii)
Quarterly Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including a Quarterly Commencement Date to but excluding the next succeeding Quarterly Commencement Date;

(xxiii)
Series A Preferred Shares” means the Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series A of the Corporation;

(xxiv)
Series B Conversion Date” means March 31, 2021, and March 31 in every fifth year thereafter;

(xxv)
Subsequent Fixed Rate Period” means, for the initial Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the period from and including March 31, 2016, to but excluding March 31, 2021, and for each succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period means the period from and including the day immediately following the last day of the immediately preceding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to but excluding March 31 in the fifth year thereafter;

(xxvi)
System Operator” means CDS or its nominee or any successor thereof; and

(xxvii)
T-Bill Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the average yield expressed as an annual rate on 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills, as reported by the Bank of Canada, for the most recent treasury bills auction preceding the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date.

(b)
The expressions “on a parity with”, “ranking prior to”, “ranking junior to” and similar expressions refer to the order of priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation.

(c)
If any day on which any dividend on the Series B Preferred Shares is payable by the Corporation or on or by which any other action is required to be taken by the Corporation is not a Business Day, then such dividend shall be payable and such other action may be taken on or by the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
2.
Dividends

(a)
During each Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable on each Dividend Payment Date, in the amount per share determined by multiplying the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for such Quarterly Floating Rate Period by $25.00 and multiplying that product by a fraction, the

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numerator of which is the actual number of days in such Quarterly Floating Rate Period and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending on the actual number of days in the applicable year.


(b)
On each Floating Rate Calculation Date, the Corporation shall determine the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the ensuing Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Each such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Corporation and upon all holders of Series B Preferred Shares.  The Corporation shall, on each Floating Rate Calculation Date, give written notice of the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the ensuing Quarterly Floating Rate Period to the registered holders of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Shares.  Each such notice shall be given by electronic transmission, by facsimile transmission or by ordinary unregistered first class prepaid mail addressed to each holder of Series B Preferred Shares at the last address of such holder as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any holder not so appearing, to the address of such holder last known to the Corporation.

(c)
If a dividend has been declared for a Quarter and a date is fixed for a Liquidation, redemption or conversion that is prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such Quarter, a Pro Rated Dividend shall be payable on the date fixed for such Liquidation, redemption or conversion instead of the dividend declared, but if such Liquidation, redemption or conversion does not occur, then the full amount of the dividend declared shall be payable on the originally scheduled Dividend Payment Date.

(d)
If the dividend payable on any Dividend Payment Date is not paid in full on such date on all of the Series B Preferred Shares then outstanding, such dividend or the unpaid part of it shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates to be determined by the Board of Directors on which the Corporation shall have sufficient moneys properly applicable, under the provisions of any applicable law and under the provisions of any trust indenture securing bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation, to the payment of the dividend.

(e)
Cheques of the Corporation payable in lawful money of Canada at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada may be issued in respect of the dividends (less any tax required to be deducted) and payment of the cheques shall satisfy such dividends, or payments in respect of dividends may be made in any other manner determined by the Corporation.

(f)
The holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend other than as specified in this paragraph (2).
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3.
Purchase for Cancellation
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (9) and subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, the Corporation may at any time or times purchase (if obtainable) for cancellation all or any part of the Series B Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time:

(a)
through the facilities of any stock exchange on which the Series B Preferred Shares are listed,

(b)
by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the Series B Preferred Shares outstanding, or

(c)
in any other manner,
at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such shares are obtainable.  If upon any invitation for tenders under the provisions of this paragraph (3) more Series B Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation shall accept, to the extent required, the tenders submitted at the lowest price and then, if and as required, the tenders submitted at the next progressively higher prices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase, then the shares tendered at such price shall be purchased as nearly as may be pro rata (disregarding fractions) according to the number of Series B Preferred Shares so tendered by each of the holders of Series B Preferred Shares who submit tenders at that price.  From and after the date of purchase of any Series B Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (3), the shares so purchased shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
4.
Redemption

(a)
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (9), the Corporation, upon giving notice as herein provided, may redeem all or any part of the Series B Preferred Shares by the payment of an amount in cash for each share to be redeemed equal to:

(i)
$25.00 in the case of a redemption on a Series B Conversion Date on or after March 31, 2021, or

(ii)
$25.50 in the case of a redemption on any other date after March 31, 2021 that is not a Series B Conversion Date, (such amount being the “redemption amount”) plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series B Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the whole constituting the “cash redemption price”).  For the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, the amount specified in respect of each Series B Preferred Share is $25.00.

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(b)
In any case of redemption of Series B Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (4), the Corporation shall, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date specified for redemption, mail to each person who at the date of mailing is a registered holder of Series B Preferred Shares to be redeemed a written notice of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such Series B Preferred Shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to each such holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall set out the cash redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the Series B Preferred Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number so to be redeemed.  On or after the date so specified for redemption the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holders of the Series B Preferred Shares to be redeemed the cash redemption price on presentation and surrender at the head office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates for the Series B Preferred Shares called for redemption, subject to the provisions of paragraph (14).  Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada.  Such Series B Preferred Shares shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate shall be redeemed, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any such notice, the Series B Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless payment of the cash redemption price shall not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected.  The Corporation shall have the right, at any time after the mailing of notice of its intention to redeem any Series B Preferred Shares, to deposit the cash redemption price of the shares so called for redemption, or of such of the shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders in connection with such redemption, to a special account in any chartered bank or any trust company in Canada named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Series B Preferred Shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the certificates representing such shares.  Upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the Series B Preferred Shares in respect of which such deposit shall have been made shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares and the rights of the holders after such deposit or such redemption date shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total cash redemption price so deposited against presentation and surrender of the certificates held by them respectively.  Any interest allowed on any such deposit shall belong to the Corporation and any unclaimed funds remaining on deposit on the sixth anniversary date of the redemption shall be returned to the Corporation.  Subject to such provisions of the Canada Business

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Corporations Act as may be applicable, in case a part only of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Shares is at any time to be redeemed, the shares so to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such manner as the Board of Directors or the transfer agent and registrar, if any, appointed by the Corporation in respect of such shares shall decide, or, if the Board of Directors so decides, such shares may be redeemed pro rata (disregarding fractions).

5.
Conversion into Series A Preferred Shares

(a)
The Series B Preferred Shares shall not be convertible prior to March 31, 2021.  Holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall have the right to convert on each Series B Conversion Date, subject to the provisions hereof, all or any of their Series B Preferred Shares into Series A Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series A Preferred Share for each Series B Preferred Share.  The Corporation shall, not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the applicable Series B Conversion Date, give notice in writing in accordance with the provisions in subparagraph 2(b) to the then registered holders of the Series B Preferred Shares of the conversion right provided for in this paragraph (5), which notice shall set out the Series B Conversion Date and instructions to such holders as to the method by which such conversion right may be exercised.  On the 30th day prior to each Series B Conversion Date, the Corporation shall give notice in writing to the then registered holders of the Series B Preferred Shares of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Series A Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period and the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series B Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b).

(b)
If the Corporation gives notice as provided in paragraph (4) to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares of the redemption of all of the Series B Preferred Shares, then the right of a holder of Series B Preferred Shares to convert such Series B Preferred Shares shall terminate effective on the date of such notice and the Corporation shall not be required to give the notice specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph (5).

(c)
Holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to convert their shares into Series A Preferred Shares if the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series B Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series A Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series B Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series A Preferred Shares and all Series A Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series B Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b) to all affected registered holders of the Series B Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the applicable Series B Conversion Date and shall issue and deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior to such Series B Conversion Date, at the expense of the Corporation, to such holders of Series B Preferred Shares who have surrendered for conversion any certificate or certificates representing Series B Preferred Shares, certificates representing the Series B Preferred Shares represented by any certificate or certificates so surrendered.

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(d)
If the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series B Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series B Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series B Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series A Preferred Shares and all Series A Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series B Preferred Shares, then all of the remaining outstanding Series B Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically into Series A Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series A Preferred Share for each Series B Preferred Share on the applicable Series B Conversion Date and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b) to the then registered holders of such remaining Series B Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the Series B Conversion Date.

(e)
The conversion right may be exercised by a holder of Series B Preferred Shares by notice in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation (the “Series B Conversion Notice”), which notice must be received by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series B Preferred Shares at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of such transfer agent and registrar not earlier than the 30th day prior to, but not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 15th day preceding, a Series B Conversion Date.  The Series B Conversion Notice shall indicate the number of Series B Preferred Shares to be converted.  Once received by the transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the Corporation, the election of a holder to convert is irrevocable.  Except in the case where the Series A Preferred Shares are in the Book-Based System, if the Series A Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name or names different from the name or names of the registered holder of the Series B Preferred Shares to be converted, the Series B Conversion Notice shall contain written notice in form and execution satisfactory to such transfer agent and registrar directing the Corporation to register the Series A Preferred Shares in some other name or names (the “Series B Transferee”) and stating the name or names (with addresses) and a written declaration, if required by the Corporation or by applicable law, as to the residence and share ownership status of the Series B Transferee and such other matters as may be required by such law in order to determine the entitlement of such Series B Transferee to hold such Series A Preferred Shares.

(f)
If all remaining outstanding Series B Preferred Shares are to be converted into Series A Preferred Shares on the applicable Series B Conversion Date as provided for in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph (5), the Series B Preferred Shares that holders have not previously elected to convert shall be converted on the Series B Conversion Date into Series A Preferred Shares and the holders thereof shall be deemed to be holders of Series A Preferred Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Series B Conversion Date and shall be entitled, upon surrender during regular business hours at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing Series B Preferred Shares not previously surrendered for conversion, to receive a certificate or certificates representing the same number of Series A Preferred Shares in the manner and subject to the provisions of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14).

(g)
Subject to subparagraph (h) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14), as promptly as practicable after the Series B Conversion Date the Corporation shall deliver or cause

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to be delivered certificates representing the Series A Preferred Shares registered in the name of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares to be converted, or as such holders shall have directed, on presentation and surrender at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar for the Series B Preferred Shares of the certificate or certificates for the Series B Preferred Shares to be converted.  If only a part of such Series B Preferred Shares represented by any certificate shall be converted, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any Series B Conversion Notice, the Series B Preferred Shares converted into Series A Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares, and the holders thereof shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless the Corporation, subject to paragraph (14) shall fail to deliver to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares to be converted share certificates representing the Series A Preferred Shares into which such shares have been converted.


(h)
The obligation of the Corporation to issue Series A Preferred Shares upon conversion of any Series B Preferred Shares shall be deferred during the continuance of any one or more of the following events:

(i)
the issuing of such Series A Preferred Shares is prohibited pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Corporation to assure its solvency or continued operation;

(ii)
the issuing of such Series A Preferred Shares is prohibited by law or by any regulatory or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation that is acting in conformity with law; or

(iii)
for any reason beyond its control, the Corporation is unable to issue Series A Preferred Shares or is unable to deliver Series A Preferred Shares.

(i)
The Corporation reserves the right not to deliver Series A Preferred Shares to any person that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a person whose address is in, or that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a resident of any jurisdiction outside Canada if such delivery would require the Corporation to take any action to comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  In those circumstances, the Corporation shall hold, as agent of any such person, all or the relevant number of Series A Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall attempt to sell such Series A Preferred Shares to parties other than the Corporation and its affiliates on behalf of any such person.  Such sales (if any) shall be made at such times and at such prices as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may determine.  The Corporation shall not be subject to any liability for failure to sell Series A Preferred Shares on behalf of any such person at all or at any particular price or on any particular day.  The net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of any such Series A Preferred Shares shall be delivered to any such person, after deducting the costs of sale, by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Corporation.

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6.
Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up
In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $25.00 per Series B Preferred Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last.  Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series B Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date of such Liquidation, before any amount shall be paid or any property or assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the holders of the Common Shares or to the holders of any other shares ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares in any respect.  After payment to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares of the amount so payable to them, they shall not, as such, be entitled to share in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Corporation.
7.
Voting Rights
The holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation fails to pay in the aggregate six quarterly dividends on the Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to clause 2 hereof on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether or not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the Series B Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25 of subscription price of the Series B Preferred Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred.  Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or replacing all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when there is no

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director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of the First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.
8.
Restrictions on Partial Redemption or Purchase
So long as any of the Series B Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not call for redemption, purchase, reduce or otherwise pay for less than all the Series B Preferred Shares and all other preferred shares then outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on all such shares then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of such call for redemption, purchase, reduction or other payment.
9.
Restrictions on Payment of Dividends and Reduction of Junior Capital
So long as any of the Series B Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not:

(a)
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividends (other than stock dividends in shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares) on the Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends; or

(b)
call for redemption of, purchase, reduce the stated capital maintained by the Corporation or otherwise pay for any shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to repayment of capital or with respect to payment of dividends;
unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on the Series B Preferred Shares and on all other preferred shares ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of any such action referred to in subparagraphs 9(a) and (b).
10.
Issue of Additional Preferred Shares
No class of shares may be created or issued ranking as to repayment of capital or payment of dividends prior to or on a parity with the Series B Preferred Shares without the prior approval of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares given as specified in paragraph (11), nor shall the number of Series B Preferred Shares be increased without such approval; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (10) shall prevent the Corporation from creating additional series of First Preferred Shares and, if all dividends then payable on the Series B Preferred Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment, from issuing additional series of First Preferred Shares without such approval.

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11.
Sanction by Holders of Series B Preferred Shares
The approval of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to any and all matters referred to in these share provisions may be given in writing by all of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares outstanding or by resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at a meeting of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares duly called and held for the purpose of considering the subject matter of such resolution and at which holders of not less than a majority of all Series B Preferred Shares then outstanding are present in person or represented by proxy in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation; provided, however, that if at any such meeting, when originally held, the holders of at least a majority of all Series B Preferred Shares then outstanding are not present in person or so represented by proxy within 30 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date, being not less than 15 days later, and to such time and place as may be fixed by the chairman of such meeting, and at such adjourned meeting the holders of Series B Preferred Shares present in person or so represented by proxy, whether or not they hold a majority of all Series B Preferred Shares then outstanding, may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called, and a resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at such adjourned meeting shall constitute the approval of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares.  Notice of any such original meeting of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for such meeting and shall specify in general terms the purpose for which the meeting is called, and notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such adjourned meeting, but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the purpose for which the adjourned meeting is called.  The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such original meeting or adjourned meeting and the conduct of it shall be those from time to time prescribed in the by-laws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders.  On every poll taken at any such original meeting or adjourned meeting, each holder of Series B Preferred Shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each of the Series B Preferred Shares held by such holder.
12.
Tax Election
The Corporation shall elect, in the manner and within the time provided under subsection 191.2(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, to pay tax at a rate, and shall take all other action necessary under such Act, such that no holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall be required to pay tax on dividends received on the Series B Preferred Shares under section 187.2 of such Act or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect.
13.
Withholding Tax
Notwithstanding any other provision of these share provisions, the Corporation may deduct or withhold from any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery (whether in cash or in shares) to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and shall remit any such amounts to the relevant tax authority as required.  If the cash component of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions is less than the amount that the Corporation is so required or permitted to deduct or withhold, the Corporation shall be permitted to deduct and withhold from any non-cash payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or

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withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and to dispose of such property in order to remit any amount required to be remitted to any relevant tax authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made to a holder of Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to these share provisions shall be considered to be the amount of the payment, distribution, issuance or delivery received by such holder plus any amount deducted or withheld pursuant to this paragraph (13).  Holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall be responsible for all withholding taxes under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, in respect of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation on an after-tax basis for any such taxes imposed on any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions.
14.
Book- Based System

(a)
Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph (14) and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) of these share provisions, the Series B Preferred Shares shall be evidenced by a single fully registered Global Certificate representing the aggregate number of Series B Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation which shall be held by, or on behalf of, the System Operator as custodian of the Global Certificate for the Participants and registered in the name of “CDS & Co.” (or in such other name as the System Operator may use from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the Book-Based System), and registrations of ownership, transfers, surrenders and conversions of Series B Preferred Shares shall be made only through the Book-Based System.  Accordingly, subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (14), no beneficial holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall receive a certificate or other instrument from the Corporation or the System Operator evidencing such holder’s ownership thereof, and no such holder shall be shown on the records maintained by the System Operator except through a book-entry account of a Participant acting on behalf of such holder.

(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13), so long as the System Operator is the registered holder of the Series B Preferred Shares:

(i)
the System Operator shall be considered the sole owner of the Series B Preferred Shares for the purposes of receiving notices or payments on or in respect of the Series B Preferred Shares or the delivery of Series A Preferred Shares and certificates therefor upon the exercise of rights of conversion; and

(ii)
the Corporation, pursuant to the exercise of rights of redemption or conversion, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the System Operator, for the benefit of the beneficial holders of the Series B Preferred Shares, the cash redemption price for the Series B Preferred Shares or certificates for Series A Preferred Shares against delivery to the Corporation’s account with the System Operator of such holders’ Series B Preferred Shares.

(c)
If the Corporation determines that the System Operator is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Based System and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor or the Corporation elects, or is required by applicable law, to withdraw the Series B Preferred Shares from the

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Book-Based System, then subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (14) shall no longer be applicable to the Series B Preferred Shares and the Corporation shall notify Book-Entry Holders through the System Operator of the occurrence of any such event or election and of the availability of Definitive Shares to Book-Entry Holders.  Upon surrender by the System Operator of the Global Certificate to the transfer agent and registrar for the Series B Preferred Shares accompanied by registration instructions for re-registration, the Corporation shall execute and deliver Definitive Shares.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in delivering such instructions and may conclusively act and rely on and shall be protected in acting and relying on such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Shares, the Corporation shall recognize the registered holders of such Definitive Shares and the Book-Entry Shares for which such Definitive Shares have been substituted shall be void and of no further effect.

(d)
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) and the exercise of rights of redemption and conversion with respect to Series B Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of this paragraph (14), and to the extent that there is any inconsistency or conflict between such provisions, the provisions of this paragraph (14) shall prevail.
15.
Wire or Electronic Transfer of Funds
Notwithstanding any other right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Series B Preferred Shares, the Corporation may, at its option, make any payment due to registered holders of Series B Preferred Shares by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds to such holders.  If a payment is made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall be responsible for any applicable charges or fees relating to the making of such transfer.  As soon as practicable following the determination by the Corporation that a payment is to be made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall provide a notice to the applicable registered holders of Series B Preferred Shares at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such notice shall request that each applicable registered holder of Series B Preferred Shares provide the particulars of an account of such holder with a chartered bank in Canada to which the wire or electronic transfer of funds shall be directed.  If the Corporation does not receive account particulars from a registered holder of Series B Preferred Shares prior to the date such payment is to be made, the Corporation shall deposit the funds otherwise payable to such holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder.  The making of a payment by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds or the deposit by the Corporation of funds otherwise payable to a holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder shall be deemed to constitute payment by the Corporation on the date thereof and shall satisfy and discharge all liabilities of the Corporation for such payment to the extent of the amount represented by such transfer or deposit.
16.
Amendments
The provisions attaching to the Series B Shares may be deleted, varied, modified, amended or amplified by articles of amendment with such approval as may then be required by the Canada Business Corporations Act, with any such approval to be given in accordance with paragraph (11) and with any required approvals of any stock exchanges on which the Series B Shares may be listed.

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EXHIBIT 4.3












SCHEDULE RE SECTION “D” OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TRANSALTA CORPORATION (the “Corporation”)

The Articles of the Corporation are amended pursuant to Section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a new series of First Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation designated as “Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series C”.  The Corporation is authorized to issue 11,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series C shares.  The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series C shall be as set out in the Schedule “A” attached hereto.
The Articles of the Corporation are amended pursuant to Section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a new series of First Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation designated as “Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series U”.  The Corporation is authorized to issue 11,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series D shares.  The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series a shall be as set out in the Schedule “B” attached hereto.



SCHEDULE A TO ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF
TRANSALTA CORPORATION
The third Series of First Preferred Shares of the Corporation shall consist of 11,000,000 shares designated as Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series C (the “Series C Preferred Shares”).  In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the First Preferred Shares as a class, the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Series C Preferred Shares shall be as follows:
1.
Interpretation


(a)
In these Series C Preferred Share provisions, the following expressions have the meanings Indicated:

(i)
Annual Fixed Dividend Rate means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield an the applicable Fixed Rate Calculation Date and 3.10%;

(ii)
Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page” means the display designated as page “GCAN5YR<INDEX>” on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service or its successor service (or such other page as may replace the GCAN5YR<INDEX> page on that service or its successor service) for purposes of displaying Government of Canada bond yields;

(iii)
Book-Based System” means the record entry securities transfer and pledge system administered by the System Operator in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of the System Operator in force from time to time and any successor system thereof;

(iv)
Book-Entry Holder” means the person that is the beneficial holder of a Book-Entry Share;

(v)
Book-Entry Shares” means the Series C Preferred Shares held through the Book-Based System;

(vi)
Business Day” means a day on which chartered banks are generally open for business in both Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario;

(vii)
CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or any successor thereof;

(viii)
Common Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation;
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(ix)
Definitive Share” means a fully registered, typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced share certificate representing one or more Series C Preferred Shares;

(x)
Dividend Payment Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year; provided that, if such date is not a Business Day, the applicable Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day;

(xi)
First Preferred Shares” means the first preferred shares of the Corporation;

(xii)
Fixed Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period;

(xiii)
Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the 7-Bill Rate on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date and 3.10%;

(xiv)
Floating Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Quarterly Floating Rate Period;

(xv)
Global Certificate” means the global certificate representing outstanding Book-Entry Shares;

(xvi)
Government of Canada Yield” on any date means the yield to maturity on such date (assuming semi-annual compounding) of a Canadian dollar denominated non-callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 am.  (Toronto time) on such date and that appears on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date, then the Government of Canada Yield shall mean the arithmetic average of the yields quoted to the Corporation by two registered Canadian investment dealers selected by the Corporation as being the annual yield to maturity on such date, compounded semi-annually, that a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued, in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity of five years;

(xvii)
Initial Fixed Rate Period” means the period from and including the date of Issue of the Series C Preferred Shares to but excluding June 30, 2017;
 
(xviii)
Liquidation” means the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other

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distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

(xix)
Participants” means the participants in the Book-Based System;

(xx)
Pro Rated Dividend” means the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the dividend payable for a Quarter in which a Liquidation, conversion or redemption is to occur by four and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the date fixed for Liquidation, conversion or redemption to but excluding such date and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year;

(xxi)
Quarter” means a three-month period ending on a Dividend Payment Date;

(xxii)
Quarterly Commencement Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing June 30, 2017;

(xxiii)
Quarterly Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including a Quarterly Commencement Date to but excluding the next succeeding Quarterly Commencement Date;

(xxiv)
Series C Conversion Date” means June 30, 2017, and June 30 in every fifth year thereafter;

(xxv)
Series D Preferred Shares” means the Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series D of the Corporation;

(xxvi)
Subsequent Fixed Rate Period” means, for the initial Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the period from and including June 30, 2017, to but excluding June 30, 2022, and for each succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period means the period from and including the day immediately following the last day of the immediately preceding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to but excluding June 30 in the fifth year thereafter;

(xxvii)
System Operator” means CDS or its nominee or any successor thereof; and

(xxviii)
T-Bill Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the average yield expressed as an annual rate on 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills, as reported by the Bank of Canada, for the most recent treasury bills auction preceding the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date.
 
(b)
The expressions “on a parity with”, “ranking prior to”, “ranking junior to” and similar expressions refer to the order of priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation.

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(c)
If any day on which any dividend on the Series C Preferred Shares is payable by the Corporation or on or by which any other action is required to be taken by the Corporation is not a Business Day, then such dividend shall be payable and such other action may be taken on or by the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
2.          Dividends

(a)
During the Initial Fixed Rate Period, the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends at an annual rate of $1.15 per share, payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date in each year. The time dividend, if declared, shell be payable on March 31, 2012, and, notwithstanding the foregoing, shall be in the amount per share determined by multiplying $1.15 by the number of days in the period from and including the date of issue of the Series C Preferred Shares to but excluding, March 31, 2012, and dividing that product by 365.

(b)
During each Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable quarterly” on each Dividend Payment Date, in the amount per share determined by multiplying one-quarter of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period by $25.00.

(c)
On each Fixed Rate Calculation Date, the Corporation shall determine the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period.  Each such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Corporation and upon all holders of Series C Preferred Shares.  The Corporation shall, on each Fixed Rate Calculation Date, give written notice of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to the registered holders of the then outstanding Series C Preferred Shares.  Each such notice shall be given by electronic transmission, by facsimile transmission or by ordinary unregistered first class prepaid mail addressed to each holder of Series C Preferred Shares at the last address of such holder as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any holder not so appearing, to the address of such holder last known to the Corporation.
 
(d)
If a dividend has been declared for a Quarter and a date is fixed for a Liquidation, redemption or conversion that is prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such Quarter, a Pro Rated Dividend shall be payable on the date fixed for such Liquidation, redemption or conversion instead of the dividend declared, but if such Liquidation, redemption or conversion does not occur, then the full amount of the dividend declared shall be payable on the originally scheduled Dividend Payment Date.

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(e)
If the dividend payable on any Dividend Payment Date is not paid In full on such date on all of the Series C Preferred Shares then outstanding, such dividend or the unpaid part of it shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates to be determined by the Board of Directors on which the Corporation shall have sufficient moneys properly applicable, under the provisions of any applicable law and under the provisions of any trust indenture securing bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation, to the payment of the dividend.

(f)
Cheques of the Corporation payable in lawful money of Canada at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada may be issued in respect of the dividends (less any tax required to be deducted) and payment of the cheques shall satisfy such dividends, or payments in respect of dividends may be made in any other manner determined by the Corporation.

(g)
The holders of the Series C Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend other than as specified in this paragraph (2).
3.          Purchase for Cancellation
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (9) and subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, the Corporation may at any time or times purchase (if obtainable) for cancellation all or any part of the Series C Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time:

(a)
through the facilities of any stock exchange on which the Series C Preferred Shares are listed,

(b)
by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the Series C Preferred Shares outstanding, or

(c)
in any other manner,
at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such shares are obtainable.  If upon any invitation for tenders under the provisions of this paragraph (3) more Series C Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation shall accept, to the extent required, the tenders submitted at the lowest price and then, if and as required, the tenders submitted at the next progressively higher prices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase, then the shares tendered at such price shall be purchased as nearly as may be pro rata (disregarding fractions) according to the number of Series C Preferred Shares so tendered by each of the holders of Series C Preferred Shares who submit tenders at that price.  From and after the date of purchase of any Series C Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (3), the shares so purchased shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
4.          Redemption
 
(a)
The Series C Preferred Shares shall not be redeemable prior to June 30, 2017.  Subject to the provisions of paragraph (9), on June 30, 2017, and on June 30 in every fifth year thereafter, the Corporation, upon giving

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notice as herein provided, may redeem all or any part of the Series C Preferred Shares by the payment of an amount in cash for each share to be redeemed equal to $25.00 (such amount being the “redemption amount”) plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the whole constituting the “cash redemption price”).  Far the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, the amount specified in respect of each Series C Preferred Share is $25.00.

(b)
In any case of redemption of Series C Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (4), the Corporation shall, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date specified for redemption, mail to each person who at the date of mailing is a registered holder of Series C Preferred Shares to be redeemed a written notice of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such Series C Preferred Shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to each such holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall set out the cash redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the Series C Preferred Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number so to be redeemed.  On or after the date so specified for redemption the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holders of the Series C Preferred Shares to be redeemed the cash redemption price on presentation and surrender at the head office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates for the Series C Preferred Shares called for redemption, subject to the provisions of paragraph (14).  Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada.  Such Series C Preferred Shares shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate shall be redeemed, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any such notice, the Series C Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless payment of the cash redemption price shell not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected.  The Corporation shall have the right, at any time after the mailing of notice of its intention to redeem any Series C Preferred Shares, to deposit the cash redemption price of the shares so called for redemption, or of such of the shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders in connection with such redemption, to a special account in any chartered bank or any trust company in Canada named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Series
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C Preferred Shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the certificates representing such shares.  Upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the Series C Preferred Shares in respect of which such deposit shall have been made shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares and the rights of the holders after such deposit or such redemption date shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total cash redemption price so deposited against presentation and surrender of the certificates held by them respectively.  Any interest allowed on any such deposit shall belong to the Corporation and any unclaimed funds remaining on deposit on the sixth anniversary date of the redemption shall be returned to the Corporation.  Subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, in case a part only of the then outstanding Series C Preferred Shares is at any time to be redeemed, the shares so to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such manner as the Board of Directors or the transfer agent and registrar, if any, appointed by the Corporation in respect of such shares shall decide, or, if the Board of Directors so decides, such shares may be redeemed pro rata (disregarding fractions).
5.          Conversion into Series D Preferred Shares

(a)
The Series C Preferred Shares shall not be convertible prior to June 30, 2017.  Holders of Series C Preferred Shares shall have the right to convert on each Series C Conversion Date, subject to the provisions hereof, all or any of their Series C Preferred Shares into Series D Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series D Preferred Share for each Series C Preferred Share.  The Corporation shall, not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the applicable Series C Conversion Date, give notice in writing in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 2(c) to the then registered holders of the Series C Preferred Shares of the conversion right provided for in this paragraph (5), which notice shall set out the Series C Conversion Date and instructions to such holders as to the method by which such conversion right may be exercised, On the 30th day prior to each Series C Conversion Date, the Corporation shall give notice in writing to the then registered holders of the Series C Preferred Shares of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Series C Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period and the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series D Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Quarterly Floating Rate Period, Such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c).
 
(b)
If the Corporation gives notice as provided in paragraph (4) to the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares of the redemption of all of the Series C Preferred Shares, then the right of a holder of Series C Preferred Shares to convert such Series C Preferred Shares shall terminate effective on the date of such notice and the Corporation shall not be required to give the notice specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph (5).

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(c)
Holders of Series C Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to convert their shares into Series D Preferred Shares if the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series C Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series D Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series C.  Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series D Preferred Shares and all Series D Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series C Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c) to all affected registered holders of the Series C Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the applicable Series C Conversion Date and shall issue and deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior to such Series C Conversion Date, at the expense of the Corporation, to such holders of Series C Preferred Shares who have surrendered for conversion any certificate or certificates representing Series C Preferred Shares, certificates representing the Series G Preferred Shares represented by any certificate or certificates so surrendered.

(d)
If the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series C Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series C Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series C Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series D Preferred Shares and all Series D Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series C Preferred Shares, then all of the remaining outstanding Series C Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically into Series D Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series D Preferred Share for each Series C Preferred Share on the applicable Series C Conversion Date arid the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c) to the then registered holders of such remaining Series C Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the Series C Conversion Date.
 
(e)
The conversion right may be exercised by a holder of Series C Preferred Shares by notice in writing, In a form satisfactory to the Corporation (the “Series C Conversion Notice”), which notice must be received by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series C Preferred Shares at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of such transfer agent and registrar not earlier than the 30th day prior to, but not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 15th day preceding, a Series C Conversion Date.  The Series C Conversion Notice shall indicate the number of Series C Preferred Shares to be converted.  Once received by the transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the Corporation, the election of a holder to convert is irrevocable.  Except in the case where the Series D Preferred Shares are in the Book-Based System, if the Series D Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name or names different from the name or names of the registered holder of the Series C Preferred Shares to be converted, the Series C Conversion Notice shall contain written notice in form and execution satisfactory to such transfer agent and registrar directing the Corporation to register the Series D Preferred Shares in some other name or names (the “Series D Transferee”) and stating the name or names (with addresses) end a written declaration, if required by the

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Corporation or by applicable law, as to the residence and share ownership status of the Series D Transferee and such other matters as may be required by such law in order to determine the entitlement of such Series D Transferee to hold such Series D Preferred Shares.

(f)
If all remaining outstanding Series C Preferred Shares are to be converted into Series D Preferred Shares on the applicable Series C Conversion Date as provided for in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph (5), the Series C Preferred Shares that holders have not previously elected to convert shall be converted on the Series C Conversion Date into Series D Preferred Shares and the holders thereof shall be deemed to be holders of Series D Preferred Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Series C Conversion Date arid shall be entitled, upon surrender during regular business hours at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing Series C Preferred Shares not previously surrendered for conversion, to receive a certificate or certificates representing the same number of Series D Preferred Shares in the manner and subject to the provisions of this paragraph (5) and Paragraph (14).

(g)
Subject to subparagraph (h) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14), as promptly as practicable after the Series C Conversion Date the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Series D Preferred $hares registered in the name of the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares to be converted, or as such holders shall have directed, on presentation and surrender at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar for the Series C Preferred Shares of the certificate or certificates for the Series C Preferred Shares to be converted.  If only a part of such Series C Preferred Shares represented by any certificate shall be converted, a new certificate for the balance shalt be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any Series D Conversion Notice, the Series C Preferred Shares converted into Series D Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares, and the holders thereof shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless the Corporation shall fail, subject to paragraph (14), to deliver to the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares to be converted share certificates representing the Series D Preferred Shares into which such shares have been converted.

(h)
The obligation of the Corporation to issue Series D Preferred Shares upon conversion of any Series C Preferred Shares shall be deferred during the continuance of any one or more of the following events:

(i)
the issuing of such Series D Preferred Shares is prohibited pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Corporation to assure its solvency or continued operation;
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(ii)
the issuing of such Series D Preferred Shares is prohibited by law or by any regulatory or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation that is acting in conformity with law; or

(iii)
for any reason beyond its control, the Corporation is unable to Issue Series D Preferred Shares or is unable to deliver Series Preferred Shares.

(i)
the Corporation reserves the right not to deliver Series D Preferred Shares to any person that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a person whose address is in, or that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a resident of, any jurisdiction outside Canada if such delivery would require the Corporation to take any action to comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  In those circumstances, the Corporation shall hold, as agent of any such person, all or the relevant number of Series Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall attempt to sell such Series D Preferred Shares to parties other then the Corporation and its affiliates on behalf of any such person.  Such sales (if any) shall be made at such times and at such prices as the Corporation, In its sole discretion, may determine.  The Corporation shall not be subject to any liability for failure to sell Series D Preferred Shares on behalf of any such person at all or at any particular price or on any particular day.  The net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of any such Series D Preferred Shares shall be delivered to any such person, after deducting the costs of sale, by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
6.          Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up
In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $25.00 per Series C Preferred Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series C Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date of such Liquidation, before any amount shall be paid or any property or assets of the Corporation shell be distributed to the holders of the Common Shares or to the holders of any other shares ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Shares in any respect.  After payment to the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares of the amount so payable to them, they shall not, as such, be entitled to share in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Corporation.
7.          Voting Rights
The holders of the Series C Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation falls to pay in the aggregate six quarterly dividends on the Series C Preferred Shares pursuant to clause 2 hereof on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether on not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the Series C Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25.00 of
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subscription price of the Series C Preffered Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall have been held shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days’ written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors. Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or replacing all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when there is no director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of the First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.
8.          Restrictions on Partial Redemption or Purchase
So long as any of the Series C Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not call for redemption, purchase, reduce or otherwise pay for less than all the Series C Preferred Shares and all other preferred shares then outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series C Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on all such shares then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment set the date of such call for redemption, purchase, reduction or other payment.
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9.          Restrictions on Payment of Dividends and Reduction of Junior Capital
So long as any of the Series C Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not:

(a)
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividends (other than stock dividends in shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Shares) on the Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends; or

(b)
call for redemption of, purchase, reduce the stated capital maintained by the Corporation or otherwise pay for any shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Shares with respect to repayment of capital or with respect to payment of dividends;
unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on the Series C Preferred Shares and on all other preferred shares ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series C Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of any such action referred to in subparagraphs 9(a) and (b).
10.          Issue of Additional Preferred Shares
No class of shares may be created or issued ranking as to repayment of capital or payment of dividends prior to or an a parity with the Series C Preferred Shares without the prior approval of the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares given as specified in paragraph (11), nor shall the number of Series C Preferred Shares be increased without such approval; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (10) shall prevent the Corporation from creating additional series of First Preferred Shares and, if all dividends then payable on the Series C Preferred Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment, from issuing additional series of First Preferred Shares without such approval.
11.          Sanction by Holders of Series C Preferred Shares
The approval of the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares with respect to any and all matters referred to in these share provisions may be given in writing by all of the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares outstanding or by resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at a meeting of the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares duly called and held for the purpose of considering the subject matter of such resolution and at which holders of not less than a majority of all Series C Preferred Shares then outstanding are present in person or represented by proxy in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation; provided, however, that if at any such meeting, when originally held, the holders of at least a majority of all Series C Preferred Shares then outstanding are not present in person or so represented by proxy within 30 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date, being not less than 15 days later, and to such time and place as may be fixed by the chairman of such meeting, and at such adjourned meeting the holders of Series C Preferred Shares present in person or so represented by proxy, whether or not they hold a majority of all Series C Preferred Shares then outstanding, may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called, and a resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at such
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adjourned meeting shall constitute the approval of the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares.  Notice of any such original meeting of the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for such meeting and shall specify in general terms the purpose for which the meeting is called, and notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such adjourned meeting, but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the purpose for which the adjourned meeting is called.  The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such original meeting or adjourned meeting and the conduct of it shall be those from time to time prescribed in the by-laws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders.  On every poll taken at any such original meeting or adjourned meeting, each holder of Series C Preferred Shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each of the Series Preferred Shares held by such holder.
12.          Tax Election
The Corporation shall elect, in the manner and within the time provided under subsection 191.2(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, to pay tax at a rate, and shall take all other action necessary under such Act, such that no holder of Series C Preferred Shares shall be required to pay tax on dividends received on the Series C Preferred Shares under section 187.2 of such Act or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect.
13.          Withholding Tax
Notwithstanding any other provision of these share provisions, the Corporation may deduct or withhold from any payment, distribution, Issuance or delivery (whether in cash or in shares) to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and shall remit any such amounts to the relevant tax authority as required if the cash component of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions is less than the amount that the Corporation is so required or permitted to deduct or withhold, the Corporation shall be permitted to deduct and withhold from any non-cash payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and to dispose of such property in order to remit any amount required to be remitted to any relevant tax authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made to a holder of Series C Preferred Shares pursuant to these share provisions shall be considered to be the amount of the payment, distribution, issuance or delivery received by such holder plus any amount deducted or withheld pursuant to this paragraph (13), Holders of Series C Preferred Shares shall be responsible for all withholding taxes under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in respect of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation on an after-tax basis for any such taxes imposed on any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions.
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14.          Book-Based System

(a)
Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph (14) and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) of these share provisions, the Series C Preferred Shares shall be evidenced by a single fully registered Global Certificate representing the aggregate number of Series C Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation which shall be held by, or on behalf of, the System Operator as custodian of the Global Certificate for the Participants and registered in the name of “CDS & Co.” (or in such other name as the System Operator may use from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the Book-Based System), and registrations of ownership, transfers, surrenders and conversions of Series C Preferred Shares shall be made only through the Book-Based System.  Accordingly, subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (14), no beneficial fielder of Series C Preferred Shares shall receive a certificate or other instrument from the Corporation or the System Operator evidencing such holder’s ownership thereof, and no such holder shall be shown on the records maintained by the System Operator except through a book-entry account of a Participant acting on behalf of such holder.

(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13), so long as the System Operator is the registered holder of the Series C Preferred Shares:

(i)
the System Operator shall be considered the sole owner of the Series C Preferred Shares for the purposes of receiving notices or payments on or in respect of the Series C Preferred Shares or the delivery of Series D Preferred Shares and certificates therefor upon the exercise of rights of conversion; and

(ii)
the Corporation, pursuant to the exercise of rights of redemption or conversion, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the System Operator, for the benefit of the beneficial holders of the Series C Preferred Shares, the cash redemption price for the Series C Preferred Shares or certificates for Series D Preferred Shares against delivery to the Corporation’s account with the System Operator of such holders’ Series C Preferred Shares,
 
(c)
If the Corporation determines that the System Operator is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Based System and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor or the Corporation elects, or is required by applicable law, to withdraw the Series C Preferred Shares from the Book-Based System, then subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (14) shall no longer be applicable to the Series C Preferred Shares and the Corporation shall notify Book-Entry Holders through the System Operator of the occurrence of any such event or election and of the availability of Definitive Shares to Book-Entry Holders.  Upon surrender by the System Operator of the Global Certificate to the transfer agent and registrar for the Series C Preferred Shares accompanied by registration instructions for re-registration, the Corporation shall execute and deliver Definitive

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Shares.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in delivering such instructions and may conclusively act and rely on and shall be protected in acting and relying on such instructions.  Upon the Issuance of Definitive Shares, the Corporation shall recognize the registered holders of such Definitive Shares and the Book-Entry Shares for which such Definitive Shares have been substituted shall be void and of no further effect.

(d)
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) and the exercise of rights of redemption and conversion, with respect to Series C Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of this paragraph (14), and to the extent that there is any inconsistency or conflict between such provisions, the provisions of this paragraph (14) shall prevail.
15.          Wire or Electronic Transfer of Funds
Notwithstanding any other right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Series C Preferred Shares, the Corporation may, at its option, make any payment due to registered holders of Series C Preferred Shares by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds to such holders.  If a payment is made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall be responsible for any applicable charges or fees relating to the making of such transfer.  As soon as practicable following the determination by the Corporation that a payment is to be made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall provide a notice to the applicable registered holders of Series C Preferred Shares at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such notice shall request that each applicable registered holder of Series C Preferred Shares provide the particulars of an account of such holder with a chartered bank in Canada to which the wire or electronic transfer of funds shall be directed.  If the Corporation does not receive account particulars from a registered holder of Series C Preferred Shares prior to the date such payment is to be made, the Corporation shall deposit the funds otherwise payable to such holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder.  The making of a payment by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds or the deposit by the Corporation of funds otherwise payable to a holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder shall be deemed to constitute payment by the Corporation on the date thereof and shall satisfy and discharge all liabilities of the Corporation for such payment to the extent of the amount represented by such transfer or deposit.
16.          Amendments
The provisions attaching to the Series C Shares may be deleted, varied, modified, amended or amplified by articles of amendment with such approval as may then be required by the Canada Business Corporations Act, with any such approval to be given in accordance with paragraph (11) and with any required approvals of any stock exchanges on which the Series C Shares may be listed.

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SCHEDULE B TO ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF
TRANSALTA CORPORATION
The fourth series of First Preferred Shares of the Corporation shall consist of 11,000,000 shares designated as Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series D (the “Series D Preferred Shares”).  In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the First Preferred Shares as a class, the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Series D Preferred Shares shall be as follows:
1.          Interpretation

(a)
In these Series D Preferred Share previsions, the following expressions have the meanings indicated:

(i)
Annual Fixed Dividend Rate” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the annual rate of Interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on the applicable Fixed Rate Calculation Date end 3.10%;

(ii)
Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page” means the display designated as page “GCAN5YR<INDEX>” on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service or its successor service (or such other page as may replace the GCAN5YR<INDEX> page on that service or its successor service) for purposes of displaying Government of Canada bond yields;

(iii)
Book-Based System” means the record entry securities transfer end pledge system administered by the System Operator in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of the System Operator in force from time to time and any successor system thereof;

(iv)
Book-Entry Holder” means the person that is the beneficial holder of a Book-Entry Share;

(v)
Book-entry Shares” means the Series D Preferred Shares held through the Book-Based System;

(vi)
Business Day” means a day on which chartered banks are generally open for business in both Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario;

(vii)
CDS means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or any successor thereof;

(viii)
Common Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation;

(ix)
Definitive Share” means a fully registered, typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced share certificate representing one or more Series D Preferred Shares;

(x)
Dividend Payment Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year; provided that, if such date is not a Business Day, the applicable Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day;
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(xi)
First Preferred Shares” means the first preferred shares of the Corporation;

(xii)
Fixed Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period;

(xiii)
Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the T-Bill Rate on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date and 3.10%;

(xiv)
Floating Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Quarterly Floating Rate Period;

(xv)
Global Certificate” means the global certificate representing outstanding Book-Entry Shares;

(xvi)
Government of Canada Yield” on any date means the yield to maturity on such date (assuming semi-annual compounding) of a Canadian dollar denominated non-callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date and that appears on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date, then the Government of Canada Yield shall mean the arithmetic average of the yields quoted to the Corporation by two registered Canadian investment dealers selected by the Corporation as being the annual yield to maturity on such date, compounded semi-annually that a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued, in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity of five years;

(xvii)
Liquidation” means the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

(xviii)
Participants” means the participants in the Book-Based System;

(xix)
Pro Rated Dividend” means the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the dividend payable for a Quarter in which a Liquidation conversion or redemption is to occur by four and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the date fixed for Liquidation, conversion or redemption to but excluding such date and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year;
 
(xx)
Quarter” means a three-month period ending on a Dividend Payment Date;

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(xxi)
Quarterly Commencement Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing June 30, 2017;

(xxii)
Quarterly Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including a Quarterly Commencement Date to but excluding the next succeeding Quarterly Commencement Date;

(xxiii)
Series C Preferred Shares” means the Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series C of the Corporation;

(xxiv)
Series D Conversion Date” means June 30, 2022, and June 30 in every fifth year thereafter;

(xxv)
Subsequent Fixed Rate Period” means, for the initial Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the period from and including June 30, 2017, to but excluding June 30, 2022, and for each succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period means the period from and including the day immediately following the last day of the immediately preceding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to but excluding June 30 in the fifth year thereafter;

(xxvi)
System Operator” means CDS or its nominee or any successor thereof; and

(xxvii)
T-Bill Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the average yield expressed as an annual rate on 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills, as reported by the Bank of Canada, for the most recent treasury bills auction preceding the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date.

(b)
The expressions “on a parity with”, “ranking prior to”, “ranking junior to” and similar expressions refer to the order of priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets in the event of any liquidation.

(c)
If any day on which any dividend on the Series D Preferred Shares is payable by the Corporation or on or by which any other action is required to be taken by the Corporation is not a Business Day, then such dividend shall be payable and such other action’ may be taken on or by the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
2.          Dividends

(a)
During each Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable on each Dividend Payment Date, in the amount per share determined by multiplying the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for such Quarterly Floating Rate Period by $25.00 and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in such Quarterly Floating Rate Period end the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending on the actual number of days in the applicable year.
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(b)
On each Floating Rate Calculation Date, the Corporation shall determine the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the ensuing Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Each such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Corporation and upon all holders of Series D Preferred Shares.  The Corporation shall, on each Floating Rate Calculation Date, give written notice of the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the ensuing Quarterly Floating Rate Period to the registered holders of the then outstanding Series D Preferred Shares.  Each such notice shall be given by electronic transmission, by facsimile transmission or by ordinary unregistered first class prepaid mail addressed to each holder of Series D Preferred Shares at the last address of such holder as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any holder not so appearing, to the address of such holder last known to the Corporation.

(c)
If a dividend has been declared for a Quarter and a date is fixed for a Liquidation, redemption or conversion that is prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such Quarter, a Pro Rated Dividend shall be payable on the date fixed for such.  Liquidation, redemption or conversion instead of the dividend declared, but if such Liquidation, redemption or conversion does not occur, then the full amount of the dividend declared shall be payable on the originally scheduled Dividend Payment Date.

(d)
If the dividend payable on any Dividend Payment Date is not paid in full on such date on all of the Series D Preferred Shares then outstanding, such dividend or the unpaid part of it shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates to be determined by the Board of Directors on which the Corporation shall have sufficient moneys properly applicable, under the provisions of any applicable law and under the provisions of any trust indenture securing bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation, to the payment of the dividend.

(e)
Cheques of the Corporation payable in lawful money of Canada at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada may be issued in respect of the dividends (less any tax required to be deducted) and payment of the cheques shall satisfy such dividends, or payments in respect of dividends may be made in any other manner determined by the Corporation.

(f)
The holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend other than as specified in this paragraph (2).
3.          Purchase for Cancellation
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (9) and subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, the Corporation may at any time or times purchase (if obtainable) for cancellation all or any part of the Series D Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time:

(a)
through the facilities of any stock exchange on which the Series D Preferred Shares are listed,

(b)
by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the Series D Preferred Shares outstanding, or
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(c)
in any other manner,
at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such shares are obtainable.  If upon any invitation for tenders under the provisions of this paragraph (3) more Series D Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation shall accept, to the extent required, the tenders submitted at the lowest price and then, if and as required, the tenders submitted at the next progressively higher prices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase, then the shares tendered at such price shall be purchased as nearly as may be pro rata (disregarding fractions) according to the number of Series D Preferred Shares so tendered by each of the holders of Series D Preferred Shares who submit tenders at that price.  From and after the date of purchase of any Series D Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (3), the shares so purchased shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
4.          Redemption

(a)
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (9), the Corporation, upon giving notice as herein provided, may redeem all or any part of the Series D Preferred Shares by the payment of an amount in cash for each share to be redeemed equal to:

(i)
$25.00 in the case of a redemption on a Series D Conversion Date on or after June 30, 2022, or
 
(ii)
$25.50 in the case of a redemption on any other date after June 30, 2022 that is not a Series D Conversion Date, (such amount being the “redemption amount”) plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series Q Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the whole constituting the “cash redemption price”).  For the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, the amount specified in respect of each Series D Preferred Share is $25.00.



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(b)
In any case of redemption of Series D Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (4), the Corporation shall, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date specified for redemption, mail to each person who at the date of mailing is a registered holder of Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed a written notice of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such Series D Preferred Shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to each such holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder riot so appearing, to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall set out the cash redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the Series D Preferred Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number so to be redeemed an or after the date so specified for redemption the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holders of the Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed the cash redemption price on presentation and surrender at the head office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates for the Series D Preferred Shares called for redemption, subject to the provisions of paragraph (14).  Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada.  Such Series D Preferred Shares shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate shall be redeemed, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any such notice, the Series D Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless payment of the cash redemption price shall not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected. The Corporation shall have the right, at any time after the mailing of notice of its intention to redeem any Series D Preferred Shares, to deposit the cash redemption price of the shares so called for redemption, or of such of the shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders in connection with such redemption, to a special account in any chartered bank or any trust company in Canada named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Series D Preferred Shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the certificates representing such shares.  Upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the Series D Preferred Shares in respect of which such deposit shall have been made shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares arid the rights of the holders after such deposit or such redemption date shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total cash redemption price so deposited against presentation and surrender of the certificates held by them respectively.  Any interest allowed on any such deposit shall belong to the Corporation and any unclaimed funds remaining on deposit on the sixth anniversary date of the redemption shall be returned to the Corporation.  Subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, in case a part only of the then
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outstanding Series D Preferred Shares is at any time to be redeemed, the shares so to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such mariner as the Board of Directors or the transfer agent and registrar, if any, appointed by the Corporation in respect of such shares shall decide, or, if the Board of Directors so decides, such shares may be redeemed pro rata (disregarding fractions).
5.          Conversion into Series C Preferred Shares


(a)
The Series D Preferred Shares shall not be convertible prior to June 30, 2022.  Holders of Series D Preferred Shares shall have the right to convert on each Series D Conversion Date, subject to the provisions hereof, all or any of their Series D Preferred Shares into Series C Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series C Preferred Share for each Series D Preferred Share.  The Corporation shall, not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the applicable Series D Conversion Date, give notice in writing in accordance with the provisions in subparagraph 2(b) to the then registered holders of the Series D Preferred Shares of the conversion right provided for in this paragraph (5), which notice shall set out the Series D Conversion Date and instructions to such holders as to the method by which such conversion right may be exercised.  On the 30th day prior to each Series D Conversion Date, the Corporation shall give notice in writing to the then registered holders of the Series D Preferred Shares of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Series C Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period and the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series D Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b).

(b)
If the Corporation gives notice as provided in paragraph (4) to the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares of the redemption of all of the Series D Preferred Shares, then the right of a holder of Series ID Preferred Shares to convert such Series D Preferred Shares shall terminate effective on the date of such notice and the Corporation shall not be required to give the notice specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph (5).

(c)
Holders of Series D Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to convert their shares into Series C Preferred Shares if the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series D Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series C Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series D Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series C Preferred Shares and all Series C Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series D Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b) to all affected registered holders of the Series Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the applicable Series Conversion Date and shall issue and deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior to such Series D Conversion Date, at the expense of the Corporation, to such holders of Series D Preferred Shares who have surrendered for conversion any certificate or certificates representing Series Q Preferred Shares, certificates representing the Series U Preferred Shares represented by any certificate or certificates so surrendered.
 
(d)
If the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series D Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series D Preferred Shares, after having

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taken into account all Series D Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series C Preferred Shares and all Series C Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series D Preferred Shares, then all of the remaining outstanding Series D Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically into Series C Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series C Preferred Share for each Series Preferred Share on the applicable Series D Conversion Date and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b) to the then registered holders of such remaining Series D Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the Series D Conversion Date.

(e)
The conversion right may be exercised by a holder of Series D Preferred Shares by notice in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation (the “Series D Conversion Notice”), which notice must be received by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series D Preferred Shares at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of such transfer agent and registrar not earlier than the 30th clay prior to, but not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 15th day preceding, a Series D Conversion Date.  The Series D Conversion Notice shall indicate the number of Series D Preferred Shares to be converted.  Once received by the transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the Corporation, the election of a holder to convert is irrevocable.  Except in the case where the Series C Preferred Shares are in the Book‑Based System, if the Series C Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name or names different from the name or names of the registered holder of the Series D Preferred Shares to be converted, the Series D Conversion Notice shall contain written notice in form and execution satisfactory to such transfer agent and registrar directing the Corporation to register the Series C Preferred Shares in some other name or names (the “Series D Transferee”) and stating the name or names (with addresses) and a written declaration, if required by the Corporation or by applicable law, as to the residence and share ownership status of the Series D Transferee and such other matters as may be required by such law in order to determine the entitlement of such Series D Transferee to hold such Series C Preferred Shares.

(f)
If all remaining outstanding Series D Preferred Shares are to be converted into Series C Preferred Shares on the applicable Series D Conversion Date as provided for in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph (5), the Series D Preferred Shares that holders have not previously elected to convert shall be converted on the Series D Conversion Date into Series C Preferred Shares and the holders thereof shall be deemed to be holders of Series C Preferred Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Series D Conversion Date and shall be entitled, upon surrender during regular business hours at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing Series D Preferred Shares not previously surrendered for conversion, to receive a certificate or certificates representing the same number of Series C Preferred Shares in the manner and subject to the provisions of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14).

(g)
Subject to subparagraph (h) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14), as promptly as practicable after the Series D Conversion Date the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Series C Preferred Shares registered in the name of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares to be converted, or as such holders shall have directed, on presentation and
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surrender at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar for the Series D Preferred Shares of the certificate or certificates for the Series D Preferred Shares to be converted. If only a part of such Series D Preferred Shares represented by any certificate shall be converted, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the data specified in any Series D Conversion Notice, the Series D Preferred Shares converted into Series C Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall be restored to the statue of authorized but unissued shares, and the holders thereof shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless the Corporation, subject to paragraph (14) shall fail to deliver to the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares to be converted share certificates representing the Series C Preferred Shares into which such shares have been converted.

 
(h)
The obligation of the Corporation to issue Series C Preferred Shares upon conversion of any Series D Preferred Shares shall be deferred during the continuance of any one or more of the following events:

(i)
the issuing of such Series C Preferred Shares is prohibited pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Corporation to assure its solvency or continued operation;

(ii)
the issuing of such Series C Preferred Shares is prohibited by law or by any regulatory or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation that is acting in conformity with law; or

(iii)
for any reason beyond its control, the Corporation is unable to issue Series C Preferred Shares or is unable to deliver Series C Preferred Shares.

(i)
The Corporation reserves the right not to deliver Series C Preferred Shares to any person that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a person whose address is in, or that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a resident of any jurisdiction outside Canada if such delivery would require the Corporation to take any action to comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  In those circumstances, the Corporation shall hold, as agent of any such person, all or the relevant number of Series C Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall attempt to sell such Series C Preferred Shares to parties other than the Corporation and its affiliates on behalf of any such person.  Such sales (if any) shall be made at such times and at such prices as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may determine.  The Corporation shall not be subject to any liability for failure to sell Series C Preferred Shares on behalf of any such person at all or at any particular price or on any particular day.  The net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of any such Series C Preferred Shares shall be delivered to any such person, after deducting the costs of sale, by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
6.          Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up
In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $25.00 per Series D Preferred Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon,
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which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date of such Liquidation, before any amount shall be paid or any property or assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the holders of the Common Shares or to the holders of any other shares ranking junior to the Series D Preferred Shares in any respect.  After payment to the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares of the amount so payable to them, they shall not, as such, be entitled to share in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Corporation.
7.          Voting Rights
The holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation fails to pay in the aggregate six quarterly dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares pursuant to clause 2 hereof on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether on not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25 of subscription price of the Series D Preferred Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors.Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall have been held shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days’ written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or repining all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when them is no director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of the First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or
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appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.
8.          Restrictions on Partial Redemption or Purchase
So long as any of the Series D Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not call for redemption, purchase, reduce or otherwise pay for less than all the Series D Preferred Shares and all other preferred shares then outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on all such shares then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of such call for redemption, purchase, reduction or other payment.
9.          Restrictions on Payment of Dividends and Reduction of Junior Capital
So long as any of the Series D Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not:

(a)
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividends (other than stock dividends in shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series D Preferred Shares) on the Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series D Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends; or

(b)
call for redemption of, purchase, reduce the stated capital maintained by the Corporation or otherwise pay for any shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series D Preferred Shares with respect to repayment of capital or with respect to payment of dividends;
unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on the Series D Preferred Shares and on all other preferred shares ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of any such action referred to in subparagraphs 9(a) and (b).
10.          Issue of Additional Preferred Shares
No class of shares may be created or issued ranking as to repayment of capital or payment of dividends prior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Shares without the prior approval of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares given as specified in paragraph (11), nor shall the number of Series D Preferred Shares be increased without such approval; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (10) shall prevent the Corporation from creating additional series of First Preferred Shares and, if all dividends then payable on the Series D Preferred Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment, from issuing additional series of First Preferred Shares without such approval.
11.          Sanction by Holders of Series D Preferred Shares
The approval of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares with respect to any and all matters referred to in these share provisions may be given in writing by all of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares outstanding or by resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at a meeting of the holders of the Series D Preferred
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Shares duly called and held for the purpose of considering the subject matter of such resolution and at which holders of not less than a majority of all Series D Preferred Shares then outstanding are present in person or represented by proxy in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation provided, however, that if at any such meeting, when originally held, the holders of at least a majority of all Series D Preferred Shares then outstanding are not present in person or so represented by proxy within 30 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date, being not less than 15 days later, and to such time and place as may be fixed by the chairman of such meeting, and at such adjourned meeting the holders of Series D Preferred Shares present in person or so represented by proxy, whether or not they hold a majority of all Series D Preferred Shares then outstanding, may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called, and a resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at such adjourned meeting shall constitute the approval of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares, Notice of any such original meeting of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for such meeting and shall specify in general terms the purpose for which the meeting is called, and notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such adjourned meeting, but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the purpose for which the adjourned meeting is called.  The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such original meeting or adjourned meeting and the conduct of it shall be those from time to time prescribed in the by-laws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders, On every poll taken at any such original meeting or adjourned meeting, each holder of Series U Preferred Shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each of the Series D Preferred Shares held by such holder.
12.          Tax election
The Corporation shall elect, in the manner and within the time provided under subsection 191.2(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, to pay tax at a rate, and shall take all other action necessary under such Act, such that no holder of Series D Preferred Shares shall be required to pay tax on dividends received on the Series a Preferred Shares under section 187.2 of such Act or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect.
13.          Withholding Tax
Notwithstanding any other provision of these share provisions, the Corporation may deduct or withhold from any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery (whether in cash or in shares) to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and shall remit any such amounts to the relevant tax authority as required, if the cash component of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions is less than the amount that the Corporation is so required or permitted to deduct or withhold, the Corporation shall be permitted to deduct and withhold from any non-cash payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and to dispose of such property in order to remit any amount required to be remitted to any relevant tax authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made to a holder of Series D Preferred Shares pursuant to these share provisions shall be considered to be the amount of the payment, distribution,
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issuance or delivery received by such holder plus any amount deducted or withheld pursuant to this paragraph (13).
Holders of Series D Preferred Shares shall be responsible for all withholding taxes under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in respect of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation on an after-tax basis for any such taxes imposed on any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions.
14.          Book-Based System

(a)
Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph (14) and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) of these share provisions, the Series D Preferred Shares shall be evidenced by a single fully registered Global Certificate representing the aggregate number of Series D Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation which shall be hold by, or on behalf of, the System Operator as custodian of the Global Certificate for the Participants and registered in the name of “CDS & Co.” (or in such other name as the System Operator may use from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the Book-Based System), and registrations of ownership, transfers, surrenders and conversions of Series D Preferred Shares shall be made only through the Book-Based System. Accordingly, subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (14), no beneficial holder of Series D Preferred Shares shall receive a certificate or other instrument from the Corporation or the System Operator evidencing such holder’s ownership thereof, and no such holder shall be shown on the records maintained by the System Operator except through a book-entry account of a Participant acting on behalf of such holder.

(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13), so long as the System Operator is the registered holder of the Series D Preferred Shares:

(i)
the System Operator shall be considered the sole owner of the Series D Preferred Shares for the purposes of receiving notices or payments on or in respect of the Series D Preferred Shares or the delivery of Series C Preferred Shares and certificates therefor upon the exercise of rights of conversion; and

(ii)
the Corporation, pursuant to the exercise of rights of redemption or conversion, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the System Operator, for the benefit of the beneficial holders of the Series Preferred Shares, the cash redemption price for the Series D Preferred Shares or certificates for Series C Preferred Shares against delivery to the Corporation’s account with the System Operator of such holders’ Series D Preferred Shares.

(c)
If the Corporation determines that the System Operator is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Based System and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor or the Corporation elects, or is required by applicable law, to withdraw the Series Preferred Shares from the Book-Based System, then subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (14) shall no longer be applicable to the Series D Preferred
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Shares and the Corporation shall notify Book-Entry Holder’s through the System Operator of the occurrence of any such event or election and of the availability of Definitive Shares to Book-Entry Holders.  Upon surrender by the System Operator of the Global Certificate to the transfer agent and registrar for the Series D Preferred Shares accompanied by registration instructions for re-registration, the Corporation shall execute and deliver Definitive Shares.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in delivering such instructions and may conclusively act and rely on and shall be protected in acting and relying on such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Shares, the Corporation shall recognize the registered holders of such Definitive Shares and the Book-Entry Shares for which such Definitive Shares have been substituted shall be void and of no further effect.

 
(d)
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) and the exercise of rights of redemption and conversion with respect to Series D Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of this paragraph (14), and to the extent that there is any inconsistency or conflict between such provisions, the provisions of this paragraph (14) shall prevail.
15.          Wire or Electronic Transfer of Funds
Notwithstanding any other right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Series D Preferred Shares, the Corporation may, at its option, make any payment due to registered holders of Series D Preferred Shares by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds to such holders if a payment is made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall be responsible for any applicable charges or fees relating to the making of such transfer.  As soon as practicable following the determination by the Corporation that a payment is to be made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall provide a notice to the applicable registered holders of Series D Preferred Shares at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such notice shall request that each applicable registered holder of Series D Preferred Shares provide the particulars of an account of such holder with a chartered bank in Canada to which the wire or electronic transfer of funds shall be directed.  If the Corporation does not receive account particulars from a registered holder of Series D Preferred Shares prior to the date such payment is to be made, the Corporation shall deposit the funds otherwise payable to such holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder.  The making of a payment by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds or the deposit by the Corporation of funds otherwise payable to a holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder shall be deemed to constitute payment by the Corporation on the date thereof and shall satisfy and discharge all liabilities of the Corporation for such payment to the extent of the amount represented by such transfer or deposit.
16.          Amendments
The provisions attaching to the Series D Shares may be deleted, varied, modified, amended or amplified by articles of amendment with such approval as may then be required by the Canada Business Corporations Act, with any such approval to be given in accordance with paragraph (11) and with any required approvals of any stock exchanges on which the Series D Shares may be listed.

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EXHIBIT 4.4












Schedule/ Annexe
Description of Classes of Shares / Description des categories d’actions

SCHEDULE RE SECTION “D” OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TRANSALTA CORPORATION (the “Corporation”)

The Articles of the Corporation are amended pursuant to Section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a new series of First Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation designated as “Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series E”. The Corporation is authorized to issue 9,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series E shares. The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series E shall be as set out in the Schedule “A” attached hereto.

The Articles of the Corporation are amended pursuant to Section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a new series of First Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation designated as “Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series F”. The Corporation is authorized to issue 9,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series F shares. The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series F shall be as set out in the Schedule “B” attached hereto.



Schedule “A”

SERIES E FIRST PREFERRED SHARES
The fifth series of First Preferred Shares of the Corporation shall consist 9,000,000 shares designated as Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series E (the “Series E Preferred Shares”). In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the First Preferred Shares as a class, the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Series E Preferred Shares shall be as follows:
Interpretation.  In these Series E Preferred Share provisions, the following expressions have the meanings indicated:
Annual Fixed Dividend Rate” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on the applicable Fixed Rate Calculation Date and 3.65%;
Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page” means the display designated as page “GCAN5YR<INDEX>” on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service or its successor service (or such other page as may replace the GCAN5YR<INDEX> page on that service or its successor service) for purposes of displaying Government of Canada bond yields;
Book Based System” means the record entry securities transfer and pledge system administered by the System Operator in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of the System Operator in force from time to time and any successor system thereof;
Book Entry Holder” means the person that is the beneficial holder of a Book Entry Share;
Book Entry Shares” means the Series E Preferred Shares held through the Book Based System;
Business Day” means a day on which chartered banks are generally open for business in both Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario;
CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or any successor thereof;
Common Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation;
Definitive Share” means a fully registered, typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced share certificate representing one or more Series E Preferred Shares;
Dividend Payment Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year; provided that, if such date is not a Business Day, the applicable Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day;

First Preferred Shares” means the first preferred shares of the Corporation;
Fixed Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period;
Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the T Bill Rate on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date and 3.65%;
Floating Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Quarterly Floating Rate Period;
Global Certificate” means the global certificate representing outstanding Book Entry Shares;
Government of Canada Yield” on any date means the yield to maturity on such date (assuming semi annual compounding) of a Canadian dollar denominated non callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date and that appears on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date, then the Government of Canada Yield shall mean the arithmetic average of the yields quoted to the Corporation by two registered Canadian investment dealers selected by the Corporation as being the annual yield to maturity on such date, compounded semi annually, that a non callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued, in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity of five years;
Initial Fixed Rate Period” means the period from and including the date of issue of the Series E Preferred Shares to but excluding September 30, 2017;
Liquidation” means the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;
Participants” means the participants in the Book Based System;
Pro Rated Dividend” means the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the dividend payable for a Quarter in which a Liquidation, conversion or redemption is to occur by four and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the date fixed for Liquidation, conversion or redemption to but excluding such date and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year;
Quarter” means a three month period ending on a Dividend Payment Date;
Quarterly Commencement Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing September 30, 2017;
Quarterly Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including a Quarterly Commencement Date to but excluding the next succeeding Quarterly Commencement Date;
Series E Conversion Date” means September 30, 2017, and September 30 in every fifth year thereafter;
Series F Preferred Shares” means the Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series F of the Corporation;
Subsequent Fixed Rate Period” means, for the initial Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the period from and including September 30, 2017, to but excluding September 30, 2022, and for each succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period means the period from and including the day immediately following the last day of the immediately preceding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to but excluding September 30 in the fifth year thereafter;
System Operator” means CDS or its nominee or any successor thereof; and

T Bill Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the average yield expressed as an annual rate on 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills, as reported by the Bank of Canada, for the most recent treasury bills auction preceding the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date.
The expressions “on a parity with”, “ranking prior to”, “ranking junior to” and similar expressions refer to the order of priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation.
If any day on which any dividend on the Series E Preferred Shares is payable by the Corporation or on or by which any other action is required to be taken by the Corporation is not a Business Day, then such dividend shall be payable and such other action may be taken on or by the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
Dividends.  During the Initial Fixed Rate Period, the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends at an annual rate of $1.25 per share, payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date in each year.  The first dividend, if declared, shall be payable on December 31, 2012, and, notwithstanding the foregoing, shall be in the amount per share determined by multiplying $1.25 by the number of days in the period from and including the date of issue of the Series E Preferred Shares to but excluding, December 31, 2012, and dividing that product by 365.
During each Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date, in the amount per share determined by multiplying one quarter of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period by $25.00.
On each Fixed Rate Calculation Date, the Corporation shall determine the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period.  Each such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Corporation and upon all holders of Series E Preferred Shares.  The Corporation shall, on each Fixed Rate Calculation Date, give written notice of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to the registered holders of the then outstanding Series E Preferred Shares.  Each such notice shall be given by electronic transmission, by facsimile transmission or by ordinary unregistered first class prepaid mail addressed to each holder of Series E Preferred Shares at the last address of such holder as it appears on, the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any holder not so appearing, to the address of such holder last known to the Corporation.
If a dividend has been declared for a Quarter and a date is fixed for a Liquidation, redemption or conversion that is prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such Quarter, a Pro Rated Dividend shall be payable on the date fixed for such Liquidation, redemption or conversion instead of the dividend declared, but if such Liquidation, redemption or conversion does not occur, then the full amount of the dividend declared shall be payable on the originally scheduled Dividend Payment Date.
If the dividend payable on any Dividend Payment Date is not paid in full on such date on all of the Series E Preferred Shares then outstanding, such dividend or the unpaid part of it shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates to be determined by the Board of Directors on which the Corporation shall have sufficient moneys properly applicable, under the provisions of any applicable law and under the provisions of any trust indenture securing bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation, to the payment of the dividend.
Cheques of the Corporation payable in lawful money of Canada at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada may be issued in respect of the dividends (less any tax required to be deducted) and payment of the cheques shall satisfy such dividends, or payments in respect of dividends may be made in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
The holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend other than as specified in this paragraph (2).

Purchase for Cancellation.  Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (9) and subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, the Corporation may at any time or times purchase (if obtainable) for cancellation all or any part of the Series E Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time:
through the facilities of any stock exchange on which the Series E Preferred Shares are listed,
by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the Series E Preferred Shares outstanding, or in any other manner,
at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such shares are obtainable.  If upon any invitation for tenders under the provisions of this paragraph (3) more Series E Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation shall accept, to the extent required, the tenders submitted at the lowest price and then, if and as required, the tenders submitted at the next progressively higher prices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase, then the shares tendered at such price shall be purchased as nearly as may be pro rata (disregarding fractions) according to the number of Series E Preferred Shares so tendered by each of the holders of Series E Preferred Shares who submit tenders at that price.  From and after the date of purchase of any Series E Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (3), the shares so purchased shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
Redemption.  The Series E Preferred Shares shall not be redeemable prior to September 30, 2017.  Subject to the, provisions of paragraph (9), on September 30, 2017, and on September 30 in every fifth year thereafter, the Corporation, upon giving notice as herein provided, may redeem all or any part of the Series E Preferred Shares by the payment of an amount in cash for each share to be redeemed equal to $25.00 (such amount being the “redemption amount”) plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the whole constituting the “cash redemption price”).  For the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, the amount specified in respect of each Series E Preferred Share is $25.00.
In any case of redemption of Series E Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (4), the Corporation shall, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date specified for redemption, mail to each person who at the date of mailing is a registered holder of Series E Preferred Shares to be redeemed a written notice of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such Series E Preferred Shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to each such holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall set out the cash redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the Series E Preferred Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number so to be redeemed.  On or after the date so specified for redemption the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holders of the Series E Preferred Shares to be redeemed the cash redemption price on presentation and surrender at the head office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates for the Series E Preferred Shares called for redemption, subject to the provisions of paragraph (14).  Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada.  Such Series E Preferred Shares shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate shall be redeemed, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any such notice, the Series E Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless payment of the cash redemption price shall not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected. 

The Corporation shall have the right, at any time after the mailing of notice of its intention to redeem any Series E Preferred Shares, to deposit the cash redemption price of the shares so called for redemption, or of such of the shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders in connection with such redemption, to a special account in any chartered bank or any trust company in Canada named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Series E Preferred Shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the certificates representing such shares.  Upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the Series E Preferred Shares in respect of which such deposit shall have been made shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares and the rights of the holders after such deposit or such redemption date shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total cash redemption price so deposited against presentation and surrender of the certificates held by them respectively.  Any interest allowed on any such deposit shall belong to the Corporation and any unclaimed funds remaining on deposit on the sixth anniversary date of the redemption shall be returned to the Corporation.  Subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, in case a part only of the then outstanding Series E Preferred Shares is at any time to be redeemed, the shares so to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such manner as the Board of Directors or the transfer agent and registrar, if any, appointed by the Corporation in respect of such shares shall decide, or, if the Board of Directors so decides, such shares may be redeemed pro rata (disregarding fractions).
Conversion into Series F Preferred Shares.  The Series E Preferred Shares shall not be convertible prior to September 30, 2017.  Holders of Series E Preferred Shares shall have the right to convert on each Series E Conversion Date, subject to the provisions hereof, all or any of their Series E Preferred Shares into Series F Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series F Preferred Share for each Series E Preferred Share.  The Corporation shall, not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the applicable Series E Conversion Date, give notice in writing in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 2(c) to the then registered holders of the Series E Preferred Shares of the conversion right provided for in this paragraph (5), which notice shall set out the Series E Conversion Date and instructions to such holders as to the method by which such conversion right may be exercised.  On the 30th day prior to each Series E Conversion Date, the Corporation shall give notice in writing to the then registered holders of the Series E Preferred Shares of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Series E Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period and the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series F Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c).
If the Corporation gives notice as provided in paragraph (4) to the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares of the redemption of all of the Series E Preferred Shares, then the right of a holder of Series E Preferred Shares to convert such Series E Preferred Shares shall terminate effective on the date of such notice and the Corporation shall not be required to give the notice specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph (5).
Holders of Series E Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to convert their shares into Series F Preferred Shares if the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series E Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series F Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series E Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series F Preferred Shares and all Series F Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series E Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c) to all affected registered holders of the Series E Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the applicable Series E Conversion Date and shall issue and deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior to such Series E Conversion Date, at the expense of the Corporation, to such holders of Series E Preferred Shares who have surrendered for conversion any certificate or certificates representing Series E Preferred Shares, certificates representing the Series E Preferred Shares represented by any certificate or certificates so surrendered.

If the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series E Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series E Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series E Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series F Preferred Shares and all Series F Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series E Preferred Shares, then all of the remaining outstanding Series E Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically into Series F Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series F Preferred Share for each Series E Preferred Share on the applicable Series E Conversion Date and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c) to the then registered holders of such remaining Series E Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the Series E Conversion Date.
The conversion right may be exercised by a holder of Series E Preferred Shares by notice in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation (the “Series E Conversion Notice”), which notice must be received by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series E Preferred Shares at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of such Series E transfer agent and registrar not earlier than the 30th day prior to, but not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 15th day preceding, a Series E Conversion Date.  The Series E Conversion Notice shall indicate the number of Series E Preferred Shares to be converted.  Once received by the transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the Corporation, the election of a holder to convert is irrevocable.  Except in the case where the Series F Preferred Shares are in the Book Based System, if the Series F Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name or names different from the name or names of the registered holder of the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted, the Series E Conversion Notice shall contain written notice in form and execution satisfactory to such transfer agent and registrar directing the Corporation to register the Series F Preferred Shares in some other name or names (the “Series F Transferee”) and stating the name or names (with addresses) and a written declaration, if required by the Corporation or by applicable law, as to the residence and share ownership status of the Series F Transferee and such other matters as may be required by such law in order to determine the entitlement of such Series F Transferee to hold such Series F Preferred Shares.
If all remaining outstanding Series E Preferred Shares are to be converted into Series F Preferred Shares on the applicable Series E Conversion Date as provided for in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph (5), the Series E Preferred Shares that holders have not previously elected to convert shall be converted on the Series E Conversion Date into Series F Preferred Shares and the holders thereof shall be deemed to be holders of Series F Preferred Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Series E Conversion Date and shall be entitled, upon surrender during regular business hours at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing Series E Preferred Shares not previously surrendered for conversion, to receive a certificate or certificates representing the same number of Series F Preferred Shares in the manner and subject to the provisions of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14).
Subject to subparagraph (h) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14), as promptly as practicable after the Series E Conversion Date the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Series F Preferred Shares registered in the name of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted, or as such holders shall have directed, on presentation and surrender at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar for the Series E Preferred Shares of the certificate or certificates for the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted.  If only a part of such Series E Preferred Shares represented by any certificate shall be converted, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any Series F Conversion Notice, the Series E Preferred Shares converted into Series F Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares, and the holders thereof shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless the Corporation shall fail, subject to paragraph (14), to deliver to the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted share certificates representing the Series F Preferred Shares into which such shares have been converted.

The obligation of the Corporation to issue Series F Preferred Shares upon conversion of any Series E Preferred Shares shall be deferred during the continuance of any one or more of the following events:
the issuing of such Series F Preferred Shares is prohibited pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Corporation to assure its solvency or continued operation;
the issuing of such Series F Preferred Shares is prohibited by law or by any regulatory or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation that is acting in conformity with law; or
for any reason beyond its control, the Corporation is unable to issue Series F Preferred Shares or is unable to deliver Series F Preferred Shares.
the Corporation reserves the right not to deliver Series F Preferred Shares to any person that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a person whose address is in, or that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a resident of, any jurisdiction outside Canada if such delivery would require the Corporation to take any action to comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  In those circumstances, the Corporation shall hold, as agent of any such person, all or the relevant number of Series F Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall attempt to sell such Series F Preferred Shares to parties other than the Corporation and its affiliates on behalf of any such person.  Such sales (if any) shall be made at such times and at such prices as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may determine.  The Corporation shall not be subject to any liability for failure to sell Series F Preferred Shares on behalf of any such person at all or at any particular price or on any particular day.  The net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of any such Series F Preferred Shares shall be delivered to any such person, after deducting the costs of sale, by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding up.  In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $25.00 per Series E Preferred Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series E Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date of such Liquidation, before any amount shall be paid or any property or assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the holders of the Common Shares or to the holders of any other shares ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares in any respect.  After payment to the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares of the amount so payable to them, they shall not, as such, be entitled to share in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Corporation.
Voting Rights.  The holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation fails to pay in the aggregate six quarterly dividends on the Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to clause 2 hereof on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether or not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the Series E Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25.00 of subscription price of the Series E Preferred Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors. 

Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall have been held shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days’ written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or replacing all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when there is no director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of the First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.
Restrictions on Partial Redemption or Purchase.  So long as any of the Series E Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not call for redemption, purchase, reduce or otherwise pay for less than all the Series E Preferred Shares and all other preferred shares then outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity .with the Series E Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on all such shares then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of such call for redemption, purchase, reduction or other payment.
Restrictions on Payment of Dividends and Reduction of Junior Capital.  So long as any of the Series E Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not:
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividends (other than stock dividends in shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares) on the Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends; or
call for redemption of, purchase, reduce the stated capital maintained by the Corporation or otherwise pay for any shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares with respect to repayment of capital or with respect to payment of dividends;

unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on the Series E Preferred Shares and on all other preferred shares ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series E Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of any such action referred to in subparagraphs 9(a) and (b).
Issue of Additional Preferred Shares.  No class of shares may be created or issued ranking as to repayment of capital or payment of dividends prior to or on a parity with the Series E Preferred Shares without the prior approval of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares given as specified in paragraph (11), nor shall the number of Series E Preferred Shares be increased without such approval; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (10) shall prevent the Corporation from creating additional series of First Preferred Shares and, if all dividends then payable on the Series E Preferred Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment, from issuing additional series of First Preferred Shares without such approval.
Sanction by Holders of Series E Preferred Shares.  The approval of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares with respect to any and all matters referred to in these share provisions may be given in writing by all of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares outstanding or by resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two thirds of the votes cast on a poll at a meeting of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares duly called and held for the purpose of considering the subject matter of such resolution and at which holders of not less than a majority of all Series E Preferred Shares then outstanding are present in person or represented by proxy in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that if at any such meeting, when originally held, the holders of at least a majority of all Series E Preferred Shares then outstanding are not present in person or so represented by proxy within 30 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date, being not less than 15 days later, and to such time and place as may be fixed by the chairman of such meeting, and at such adjourned meeting the holders of Series E Preferred Shares present in person or so represented by proxy, whether or not they hold a majority of all Series E Preferred Shares then outstanding, may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called, and a resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two thirds of the votes cast on a poll at such adjourned meeting shall constitute the approval of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares.  Notice of any such original meeting of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for such meeting and shall specify in general terms the purpose for which the meeting is called, and notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such adjourned meeting, but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the purpose for which the adjourned meeting is called.  The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such original meeting or adjourned meeting and the conduct of it shall be those from time to time prescribed in the bylaws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders.  On every poll taken at any such original meeting or adjourned meeting, each holder of Series E Preferred Shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each of the Series E Preferred Shares held by such holder.
Tax Election.  The Corporation shall elect, in the manner and within the time provided under subsection 191.2(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, to pay tax at a rate, and shall take all other action necessary under such Act, such that no holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be required to pay tax on dividends received on the Series E Preferred Shares under section 187.2 of such Act or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect.
Withholding Tax.  Notwithstanding any other provision of these share provisions, the Corporation may deduct or withhold from any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery (whether in cash or in shares) to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and shall remit any such amounts to the relevant tax authority as required. 

If the cash component of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions is less than the amount that the Corporation is so required or permitted to deduct or withhold, the Corporation shall be permitted to deduct and withhold from any non cash payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and to dispose of such property in order to remit any amount required to be remitted to any relevant tax authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made to a holder of Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to these share provisions shall be considered to be the amount of the payment, distribution, issuance or delivery received by such holder plus any amount deducted or withheld pursuant to this paragraph (13).  Holders of Series E Preferred Shares shall be responsible for all withholding taxes under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in respect of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation on an after tax basis for any such taxes imposed on any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions.
Book Based System.  Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph (14) and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) of these share provisions, the Series E Preferred Shares shall be evidenced by a single fully registered Global Certificate representing the aggregate number of Series E Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation which shall be held by, or on behalf of, the System Operator as custodian of the Global Certificate for the Participants and registered in the name of “CDS & Co.” (or in such other name as the System Operator may use from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the Book Based System), and registrations of ownership, transfers, surrenders and conversions of Series E Preferred Shares shall be made only through the Book Based System.  Accordingly, subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (14), no beneficial holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall receive a certificate or other instrument from the Corporation or the System Operator evidencing such holder’s ownership thereof, and no such holder shall be shown on the records maintained by the System Operator except through a book entry account of a Participant acting on behalf of such holder.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13), so long as the System Operator is the registered holder of the Series E Preferred Shares:
the System Operator shall be considered the sole owner of the Series E Preferred Shares for the purposes of receiving notices or payments on or in respect of the Series E Preferred Shares or the delivery of Series F Preferred Shares and certificates therefor upon the exercise of rights of conversion; and
the Corporation, pursuant to the exercise of rights of redemption or conversion, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the System Operator, for the benefit of the beneficial holders of the Series E Preferred Shares, the cash redemption price for the Series E Preferred Shares or certificates for Series F Preferred Shares against delivery to the Corporation’s account with the System Operator of such holders’ Series E Preferred Shares.
If the Corporation determines that the System Operator is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book Based System and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor or the Corporation elects, or is required by applicable law, to withdraw the Series E Preferred Shares from the Book Based System, then subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (14) shall no longer be applicable to the Series E Preferred Shares and the Corporation shall notify Book Entry Holders through the System Operator of the occurrence of any such event or election and of the availability of Definitive Shares to Book Entry Holders. 

Upon surrender by the System Operator of the Global Certificate to the transfer agent and registrar for the Series E Preferred Shares accompanied by registration instructions for reregistration, the Corporation shall execute and deliver Definitive Shares.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in delivering such instructions and may conclusively act and rely on and shall be protected in acting and relying on such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Shares, the Corporation shall recognize the registered holders of such Definitive Shares and the Book Entry Shares for which such Definitive Shares have been substituted shall be void and of no further effect.
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) and the exercise of rights of redemption and conversion, with respect to Series E Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of this paragraph (14), and to the extent that there is any inconsistency or conflict between such provisions, the provisions of this paragraph (14) shall prevail.
Wire or Electronic Transfer of Funds.  Notwithstanding any other right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Series E Preferred Shares, the Corporation may, at its option, make any payment due to registered holders of Series E Preferred Shares by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds to such holders.  If a payment is made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall be responsible for any applicable charges or fees relating to the making of such transfer.  As soon as practicable following the determination by the Corporation that a payment is to be made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall provide a notice to the applicable registered holders of Series E Preferred Shares at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such notice shall request that each applicable registered holder of Series E Preferred Shares provide the particulars of an account of such holder with a chartered bank in Canada to which the wire or electronic transfer of funds shall be directed.  If the Corporation does not receive account particulars from a registered holder of Series E Preferred Shares prior to the date such payment is to be made, the Corporation shall deposit the funds otherwise payable to such holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder.  The making of a payment by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds or the deposit by the Corporation of funds otherwise payable to a holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder shall be deemed to constitute payment by the Corporation on the date thereof and shall satisfy and discharge all liabilities of the Corporation for such payment to the extent of the amount represented by such transfer or deposit.
Amendments.  The provisions attaching to the Series E Shares may be deleted, varied, modified, amended or amplified by articles of amendment with such approval as may then be required by the Canada Business Corporations Act, with- any such approval to be given in accordance with paragraph (11) and with any required approvals of any stock exchanges on which the Series E Shares may be listed.


Schedule “B”

SERIES F FIRST PREFERRED SHARES
The sixth series of First Preferred Shares of the Corporation shall consist of 9,000,000 shares designated as Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series F (the “Series F Preferred Shares”).  In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the First Preferred Shares as a class, the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Series F Preferred Shares shall be as follows:
Interpretation.  In these Series F Preferred Share provisions, the following expressions have the meanings indicated:
Annual Fixed Dividend Rate” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on the applicable Fixed Rate Calculation Date and 3.65%;
Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page” means the display designated as page “GCAN5YR<INDEX> “on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service or its successor service (or such other page as may replace the GCAN5YR<INDEX> page on that service or its successor service) for purposes of displaying Government of Canada bond yields;
Book Based System” means the record entry securities transfer and pledge system administered by the System Operator in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of the System Operator in force from time to time and any successor system thereof;
Book Entry Holder” means the person that is the beneficial holder of a Book Entry Share;
Book Entry Shares” means the Series F Preferred Shares held through the Book Based System;
Business Day” means a day on which chartered banks are generally open for business in both Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario;
CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or any successor thereof;
Common Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation;
Definitive Share” means a fully registered, typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced share certificate representing one or more Series F Preferred Shares;
Dividend Payment Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year; provided that, if such date is not a Business Day, the applicable Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day;

First Preferred Shares” means the first preferred shares of the Corporation;
Fixed Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period;
Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the T Bill Rate on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date and 3.65%;
Floating Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Quarterly Floating Rate Period;
Global Certificate” means the global certificate representing outstanding Book Entry Shares;
Government of Canada Yield” on any date means the yield to maturity on such date (assuming semi annual compounding) of a Canadian dollar denominated non callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date and that appears on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date, then the Government of Canada Yield shall mean the arithmetic average of the yields quoted to the Corporation by two registered Canadian investment dealers selected by the Corporation as being the annual yield to maturity on such date, compounded semi annually, that a non callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued, in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity of five years;
Liquidation” means the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;
Participants” means the participants in the Book Based System;
Pro Rated Dividend” means the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the dividend payable for a Quarter in which a Liquidation, conversion or redemption is to occur by four and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the date fixed for Liquidation, conversion or redemption to but excluding such date and the denominator .of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year;
Quarter” means a three month period ending on a Dividend Payment Date;
Quarterly Commencement Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing September 30, 2017;
Quarterly Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including a Quarterly Commencement Date to but excluding the next succeeding Quarterly Commencement Date;
Series E Preferred Shares” means the Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series E of the Corporation;

Series F Conversion Date” means September 30, 2022, and September 30 in every fifth year thereafter;
Subsequent Fixed Rate Period” means, for the initial Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the period from and including September 30, 2017, to but excluding September 30, 2022, and for each succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period means the period from and including the day immediately following the last day of the immediately preceding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to but excluding September 30 in the fifth year thereafter;
System Operator” means CDS or its nominee or any successor thereof; and
T Bill Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the average yield expressed as an annual rate on 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills, as reported by the Bank of Canada, for the most recent treasury bills auction preceding the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date.
The expressions “on a parity with”, “ranking prior to”, “ranking junior to” and similar expressions refer to the order of priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation.
If any day on which any dividend on the Series F Preferred Shares is payable by the Corporation or on or by which any other action is required to be taken by the Corporation is not a Business Day, then such dividend shall be payable and such other action may be taken on or by the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
Dividends.  During each Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable on each Dividend Payment Date, in the amount per share determined by multiplying the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for such Quarterly Floating Rate Period by $25.00 and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in such Quarterly Floating Rate Period and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending on the actual number of days in the applicable year.
On each Floating Rate Calculation Date, the Corporation shall determine the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the ensuing Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Each such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Corporation and upon all holders of Series F Preferred Shares.  The Corporation shall, on each Floating Rate Calculation Date, give written notice of the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the ensuing Quarterly Floating Rate Period to the registered holders of the then outstanding Series F Preferred Shares.  Each such notice shall be given by electronic transmission, by facsimile transmission or by ordinary unregistered first class prepaid mail addressed to each holder of Series F Preferred Shares at the last address of such holder as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any holder not so appearing, to the address of such holder last known to the Corporation.
If a dividend has been declared for a Quarter and a date is fixed for a Liquidation, redemption or conversion that is prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such Quarter, a Pro Rated Dividend shall be payable on the date fixed for such Liquidation, redemption or conversion instead of the dividend declared, but if such Liquidation, redemption or conversion does not occur, then the full amount of the dividend declared shall be payable on the originally scheduled Dividend Payment Date.

If the dividend payable on any Dividend Payment Date is not paid in full on such date on all of the Series F Preferred Shares then outstanding, such dividend or the unpaid part of it shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates to be determined by the Board of Directors on which the Corporation shall have sufficient moneys properly applicable, under the provisions of any applicable law and under the provisions of any trust indenture securing bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation, to the payment of the dividend.
Cheques of the Corporation payable in lawful money of Canada at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada may be issued in respect of the dividends (less any tax required to be deducted) and payment of the cheques shall satisfy such dividends, or payments in respect of dividends may be made in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
The holders of the Series F Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend other than as specified in this paragraph (2).
Purchase for Cancellation.  Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (8) and subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, the Corporation may at any time or times purchase (if obtainable) for cancellation all or any part of the Series F Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time:
through the facilities of any stock exchange on which the Series F Preferred Shares are listed,
by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the Series F Preferred Shares outstanding, or in any other manner,
at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such shares are obtainable.  If upon any invitation for tenders under the provisions of this paragraph (3) more Series F Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation shall accept, to the extent required, the tenders submitted at the lowest price and then, if and as required, the tenders submitted at the next progressively higherprices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase, then the shares tendered at such price shall be purchased as nearly as may be pro rata (disregarding fractions) according to the number of Series F Preferred Shares so tendered by each of the holders of Series F Preferred Shares who submit tenders at that price.  From and after the date of purchase of any Series F Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph.(3), the shares so purchased shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
Redemption.  Subject to the provisions of paragraph (9), the Corporation, upon giving notice as herein provided, may redeem all or any part of the Series F Preferred Shares by the payment of an amount in cash for each share to be redeemed equal to:
$25.00 in the case of a redemption on a Series F Conversion Date on or after September 30, 2022, or

$25.50 in the case of a redemption on any other date after September 30, 2022 that is not a Series F Conversion Date, (such amount being the “redemption amount”) plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series F Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the whole constituting the “cash redemption price”).  For the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, the amount specified in respect of each Series F Preferred Share is $25.00.
In any case of redemption of Series F Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (4), the Corporation shall, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date specified for redemption, mail to each person who at the date of mailing is a registered holder of Series F Preferred Shares to be redeemed a written notice of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such Series F Preferred Shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to each such holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall set out the cash redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the Series F Preferred Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number so to be redeemed.  On or after the date so specified for redemption the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holders of the Series F Preferred Shares to be redeemed the cash redemption price on presentation and surrender at the head office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates for the Series F Preferred Shares called for redemption, subject to the provisions of paragraph (14).  Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada.  Such Series F Preferred Shares shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate shall be redeemed, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any such notice, the Series F Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless payment of the cash redemption price shall not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected.  The Corporation shall have the right, at any time after the mailing of notice of its intention to redeem any Series F Preferred Shares, to deposit the cash redemption price of the shares so called for redemption, or of such of the shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders in connection with such redemption, to a special account in any chartered bank or any trust company in Canada named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Series F Preferred Shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the certificates representing such shares.  Upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the Series F Preferred Shares in respect of which such deposit shall have been made shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares and the rights of the holders after such deposit or such redemption date shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total cash redemption price so deposited against presentation and surrender of the certificates held by them respectively.  Any interest allowed on any such deposit shall belong to the Corporation and any unclaimed funds remaining on deposit on the sixth anniversary date of the redemption shall be returned to the Corporation.  Subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, in case a part only of the then outstanding Series F Preferred Shares is at any time to be redeemed, the shares so to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such manner as the Board of Directors or the transfer agent and registrar, if any, appointed by the Corporation in respect of such shares shall decide, or, if the Board of Directors so decides, such shares may be redeemed pro rata (disregarding fractions).

Conversion into Series E Preferred Shares.  The Series F Preferred Shares shall not be convertible prior to September 30, 2022.  Holders of Series F Preferred Shares shall have the right to convert on each Series F Conversion Date, subject to the provisions hereof, all or any of their Series F Preferred Shares into Series E Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series E Preferred Share for each Series F Preferred Share.  The Corporation shall, not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the applicable Series F Conversion Date, give notice in writing in accordance with the provisions in subparagraph 2(b) to the then registered holders of the Series F Preferred Shares of the conversion right provided for in this paragraph (5), which notice shall set out the Series F Conversion Date and instructions to such holders as to the method by which such conversion right may be exercised.  On the 30th day prior to each Series F Conversion Date, the Corporation shall give notice in writing to the then registered holders of the Series F Preferred Shares of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Series E Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period and the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series F Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b).
If the Corporation gives notice as provided in paragraph (4) to the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares of the redemption of all of the Series F Preferred Shares, then the right of a holder of Series F Preferred Shares to convert such Series F Preferred Shares shall terminate effective on the date of such notice and the Corporation shall not be required to give the notice specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph (5).
Holders of Series F Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to convert their shares into Series E Preferred Shares if the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series F Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series E Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series F Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series E Preferred Shares and all Series E Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series F Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b) to all affected registered holders of the Series F Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the applicable Series F Conversion Date and shall issue and deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior to such Series F Conversion Date, at the expense of the Corporation, to such holders of Series F Preferred Shares who have surrendered for conversion any certificate or certificates representing Series F Preferred Shares, certificates representing the Series F Preferred Shares represented by any certificate or certificates so surrendered.
If the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series F Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series F Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series F Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series E Preferred Shares and all Series E Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series F Preferred Shares, then all of the remaining outstanding Series F Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically into Series E Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series E Preferred Share for each Series F Preferred Share on the applicable Series F Conversion Date and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b) to the then registered holders of such remaining Series F Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the Series F Conversion Date.

The conversion right may be exercised by a holder of Series F Preferred Shares by notice in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation (the “Series F Conversion Notice”), which notice must be received by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series F Preferred Shares at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of such transfer agent and registrar not earlier than the 30th day prior to, but not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 15th day preceding, a Series F Conversion.  Date.  The Series F Conversion Notice shall indicate the number of Series F Preferred Shares to be converted.  Once received by the transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the Corporation, the election of a holder to convert is irrevocable.  Except in the case where the Series E Preferred Shares are in the Book Based System, if the Series E Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name or names different from the name or names of the registered holder of the Series F Preferred Shares to be converted, the Series F Conversion Notice shall contain written notice in form and execution satisfactory to such transfer agent and registrar directing the Corporation to register the Series E Preferred Shares in some other name or names (the “Series F Transferee”) and stating the name or names (with addresses) and a written declaration, if required by the Corporation or by applicable law, as to the residence and share ownership status of the Series F Transferee and such other matters as may be required by such law in order to determine the entitlement of such Series F Transferee to hold such Series E Preferred Shares.
If all remaining outstanding Series F Preferred Shares are to be converted into Series E Preferred Shares on the applicable Series F Conversion Date as provided for in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph (5), the Series F Preferred Shares that holders have not previously elected to convert shall be converted on the Series F Conversion Date into Series E Preferred Shares and the holders thereof shall be deemed to be holders of Series E Preferred Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Series F Conversion Date and shall be entitled, upon surrender during regular business hours at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing Series F Preferred Shares not previously surrendered for conversion, to receive a certificate or certificates representing the same number of Series E Preferred Shares in the manner and subject to the provisions of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14).
Subject to subparagraph (h) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14), as promptly as practicable after the Series F Conversion Date the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Series E Preferred Shares registered in the name of the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares to be converted, or as such holders shall have directed, on presentation and surrender at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar for the Series F Preferred Shares of the certificate or certificates for the Series F Preferred Shares to be converted.  If only a part of such Series F Preferred Shares represented by any certificate shall be converted, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any Series F Conversion Notice, the Series F Preferred Shares converted into Series E Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares, and the holders thereof shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless the Corporation, subject to paragraph (14) shall fail to deliver to the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares to be converted share certificates representing the Series E Preferred Shares into which such shares have been converted.
The obligation of the Corporation to issue Series E Preferred Shares upon conversion of any Series F Preferred Shares shall be deferred during the continuance of any one or more of the following events:
the issuing of such Series E Preferred Shares is prohibited pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Corporation to assure its solvency or continued operation;

the issuing of such Series E Preferred Shares is prohibited by law or by any regulatory or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation that is acting in conformity with law; or
for any reason beyond its control, the Corporation is unable to issue Series E Preferred Shares or is unable to deliver Series E Preferred Shares.
The Corporation reserves the right not to deliver Series E Preferred Shares to any person that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a person whose address is in, or that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a resident of any jurisdiction outside Canada if such delivery would require the Corporation to take any action to comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  In those circumstances, the Corporation shall hold, as agent of any such person, all or the relevant number of Series E Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall attempt to sell such Series E Preferred Shares to parties other than the Corporation and its affiliates on behalf of any such person.  Such sales (if any) shall be made at such times and at such prices as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may determine.  The Corporation shall not be subject to any liability for failure to sell Series E Preferred Shares on behalf of any such person at all or at any particular price or on any particular day.  The net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of any such Series E Preferred Shares shall be delivered to any such person, after deducting the costs of sale, by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up.  In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $25.00 per Series F Preferred Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series F Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date of such Liquidation, before any amount shall be paid or any property or assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the holders of the Common Shares or to the holders of any other shares ranking junior to the Series F Preferred Shares in any respect.  After payment to the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares of the amount so payable to them, they shall not, as such, be entitled to share in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Corporation.
Voting Rights.  The holders of the Series F Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation fails to pay in the aggregate six quarterly dividends on the Series F Preferred Shares pursuant to clause 2 hereof on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether on not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the Series F Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25.00 of subscription price of the Series F Preferred Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors. 

Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall have been held shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days’ written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or replacing all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when there is no director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of the First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.
Restrictions on Partial Redemption or Purchase.  So long as any of the Series F Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not call for redemption, purchase, reduce or otherwise pay for less than all the Series F Preferred Shares and all other preferred shares then outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series F Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on all such shares then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of such call for redemption, purchase, reduction or other payment.
Restrictions on Payment of Dividends and Reduction of Junior Capital.  So long as any of the Series F Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not:
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividends (other than stock dividends in shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series F Preferred Shares) on the Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series F Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends; or

call for redemption of, purchase, reduce the stated capital maintained by the Corporation or otherwise pay for any shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series F Preferred Shares with respect to repayment of capital or with respect to payment of dividends; unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on the Series F Preferred Shares and on all other preferred shares ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series F Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of any such action referred to in subparagraphs 9(a) and (b).
Issue of Additional Preferred Shares.  No class of shares may be created or issued ranking as to repayment of capital or payment of dividends prior to or on a parity with the Series F Preferred Shares without the prior approval of the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares given as specified in paragraph (11), nor shall the number of Series F Preferred Shares be increased without such approval; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (10) shall prevent the Corporation from creating additional series of First Preferred Shares and, if all dividends then payable on the Series F Preferred Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment, from issuing additional series of First Preferred Shares without such approval.
Sanction by Holders of Series F Preferred Shares.  The approval of the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares with respect to any and all matters referred to in these share provisions may be given in writing by all of the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares outstanding or by resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two thirds of the votes cast on a poll at a meeting of the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares duly called and held for the purpose of considering the subject matter of such resolution and at which holders of not less than a majority of all Series F Preferred Shares then outstanding are present in person or represented by proxy in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that if at any such meeting, when originally held, the holders of at least a majority of all Series F Preferred Shares then outstanding are not present in person or so represented by proxy within 30 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date, being not less than 15 days later, and to such time and place as may be fixed by the chairman of such meeting, and at such adjourned meeting the holders of Series F Preferred Shares present in person or so represented by proxy, whether or not they hold a majority of all Series F Preferred Shares then outstanding, may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called, and a resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two thirds of the votes cast on a poll at such adjourned meeting shall constitute the approval of the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares, Notice of any such original meeting of the holders of the Series F Preferred Shares shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for such meeting and shall specify in general terms the purpose for which the meeting is called, and notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such adjourned meeting, but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the purpose for which the adjourned meeting is called.  The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such original meeting or adjourned meeting and the conduct of it shall be those from time to time prescribed in the bylaws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders.  On every poll taken at any such original meeting or adjourned meeting, each holder of Series F Preferred Shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each of the Series F Preferred Shares held by such holder.
Tax Election.  The Corporation shall elect, in the manner and within the time provided under subsection 191.2(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, to pay tax at a rate, and shall take all other action necessary under such Act, such that no holder of Series F Preferred Shares shall be required to pay tax on dividends received on the Series F Preferred Shares under section 187.2 of such Act or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect.

Withholding Tax.  Notwithstanding any other provision of these share provisions, the Corporation may deduct or withhold from any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery (whether in cash or in shares) to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and shall remit any such amounts to the relevant tax authority as required.  If the cash component of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions is less than the amount that the Corporation is so required or permitted to deduct or withhold, the Corporation shall be permitted to deduct and withhold from any non cash payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and to dispose of such property in order to remit any amount required to be remitted to any relevant tax authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made to a holder of Series F Preferred Shares pursuant to these share provisions shall be considered to be the amount of the payment, distribution, issuance or delivery received by such holder plus any amount deducted or withheld pursuant to this paragraph (13).
Holders of Series F Preferred Shares shall be responsible for all withholding taxes under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in respect of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation on an after tax basis for any such taxes imposed on any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions.
Book- Based System.  Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph (14) and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) of these share provisions, the Series F Preferred Shares shall be evidenced by a single fully registered Global Certificate representing the aggregate number of Series F Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation which shall be held by, or on behalf of, the System Operator as custodian of the Global Certificate for the Participants and registered in the name of “CDS & Co.” (or in such other name as the System Operator may use from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the Book Based System), and registrations of ownership, transfers, surrenders and conversions of Series F Preferred Shares shall be made only through the Book Based System.  Accordingly, subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (14), no beneficial holder of Series F Preferred Shares shall receive a certificate or other instrument from the Corporation or the System Operator evidencing such holder’s ownership thereof, and no such holder shall be shown on the records maintained by the System Operator except through a book entry account of a Participant acting on behalf of such holder.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13), so long as the System Operator is the registered holder of the Series F Preferred Shares:
the System Operator shall be considered the sole owner of the Series F Preferred Shares for the purposes of receiving notices or payments on or in respect of the Series F Preferred Shares or the delivery of Series E Preferred Shares and certificates therefor upon the exercise of rights of conversion; and
the Corporation, pursuant to the exercise of rights of redemption or conversion, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the System Operator, for the benefit of the beneficial holders of the Series F Preferred Shares, the cash redemption price for the Series F Preferred Shares or certificates for Series E Preferred Shares against delivery to the Corporation’s account with the System Operator of such holders’ Series F Preferred Shares.

If the Corporation determines that the System Operator is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book Based System and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor or the Corporation elects, or is required by applicable law, to withdraw the Series F Preferred Shares from the Book Based System, then subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (14) shall no longer be applicable to the Series F Preferred Shares and the Corporation shall notify Book Entry Holders through the System Operator of the occurrence of any such event or election and of the availability of Definitive Shares to Book Entry Holders.  Upon surrender by the System Operator of the Global Certificate to the transfer agent and registrar for the Series F Preferred Shares accompanied by registration instructions for reregistration, the Corporation shall execute and deliver Definitive Shares.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in delivering such instructions and may conclusively act and rely on and shall be protected in acting and relying on such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Shares, the Corporation shall recognize the registered holders of such Definitive Shares and the Book Entry Shares for which such Definitive Shares have been substituted shall be void and of no further effect.
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) and the exercise of rights of redemption and conversion with respect to Series F Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of this paragraph (14), and to the extent that there is any inconsistency or conflict between such provisions, the provisions of this paragraph (14) shall prevail.
Wire or Electronic Transfer of Funds.  Notwithstanding any other right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Series F Preferred Shares, the Corporation may, at its option, make any payment due to registered holders of Series F Preferred Shares by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds to such holders.  If a payment is made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall be responsible for any applicable charges or fees relating to the making of such transfer.  As soon as practicable following the determination by the Corporation that a payment is to be made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall provide a notice to the applicable registered holders of Series F Preferred Shares at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such notice shall request that each applicable registered holder of Series F Preferred Shares provide the particulars of an account of such holder with a chartered bank in Canada to which the wire or electronic transfer of funds shall be directed.  If the Corporation does not receive account particulars from a registered holder of Series F Preferred Shares prior to the date such payment is to be made, the Corporation shall deposit the funds otherwise payable to such holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder.  The making of a payment by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds or the deposit by the Corporation of funds otherwise payable to a holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder shall be deemed to constitute payment by the Corporation on the date thereof and shall satisfy and discharge all liabilities of the Corporation for such payment to the extent of the amount represented by such transfer or deposit.
Amendments.  The provisions attaching to the Series F Shares may be deleted, varied, modified, amended or amplified by articles of amendment with such approval as may then be required by the Canada Business Corporations Act, with any such approval to be given in accordance with paragraph (11) and with any required approvals of any stock exchanges on which the Series F Shares may be listed.



EXHIBIT 4.5












SCHEDULE RE SECTION D OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TRANSALTA CORPORATION (the Corporation)

The Articles of the Corporation are amended pursuant to Section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a new series of First Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation designated as “Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series G”.  The Corporation is authorized to issue 6,600,000 Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series G shares.  The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series G shall be as set out in the Schedule “A” attached hereto.
The Articles of the Corporation are amended pursuant to Section 27 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a new series of First Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation designated as “Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series H”.  The Corporation is authorized to issue 6,600,000 Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series H shares.  The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series H shall be as set out in the Schedule “B” attached hereto.



SCHEDULE A

SERIES G FIRST PREFERRED SHARES

The seventh series of First Preferred Shares of the Corporation shall consist of 6,600,000 shares designated as Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series G (the “Series G Preferred Shares”).  In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the First Preferred Shares as a class, the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Series G Preferred Shares shall be as follows:
1.
Interpretation

(a)
In these Series G Preferred Share provisions, the following expressions have the meanings indicated:

(i)
Annual Fixed Dividend Rate” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on the applicable Fixed Rate Calculation Date and 3.80%;

(ii)
Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page” means the display designated as page “GCAN5YR<INDEX>” on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service or its successor service (or such other page as may replace the GCAN5YR<INDEX> page on that service or its successor service) for purposes of displaying Government of Canada bond yields;

(iii)
Book-Based System” means the record entry securities transfer and pledge system administered by the System Operator in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of the System Operator in force from time to time and any successor system thereof;

(iv)
Book-Entry Holder” means the person that is the beneficial holder of a Book-Entry Share;

(v)
Book-Entry Shares” means the Series G Preferred Shares held through the Book-Based System;

(vi)
Business Day” means a day on which chartered banks are generally open for business in both Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario;

(vii)
CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or any successor thereof;

(viii)
Common Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation;

(ix)
Definitive Share” means a fully registered, typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced share certificate representing one or more Series G Preferred Shares;
 
(x)
Dividend Payment Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year; provided that, if such date is not a Business Day, the applicable Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day;



(xi)
First Preferred Shares” means the first preferred shares of the Corporation;

(xii)
Fixed Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period;

(xiii)
Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the T-Bill Rate on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date and 3.80%;

(xiv)
Floating Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Quarterly Floating Rate Period;

(xv)
Global Certificate” means the global certificate representing outstanding Book-Entry Shares;

(xvi)
Government of Canada Yield” on any date means the yield to maturity on such date (assuming semi-annual compounding) of a Canadian dollar denominated non-callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date and that appears on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date, then the Government of Canada Yield shall mean the arithmetic average of the yields quoted to the Corporation by two registered Canadian investment dealers selected by the Corporation as being the annual yield to maturity on such date, compounded semi-annually, that a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued, in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity of five years;

(xvii)
Initial Fixed Rate Period” means the period from and including the date of issue of the Series G Preferred Shares to but excluding September 30, 2019;

(xviii)
Liquidation” means the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

(xix)
Participants” means the participants in the Book-Based System;
 
(xx)
Pro Rated Dividend” means the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the dividend payable for a Quarter in which a Liquidation, conversion or redemption is to occur by four and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the date fixed for Liquidation, conversion or redemption to but excluding such date and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year;

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(xxi)
Quarter” means a three-month period ending on a Dividend Payment Date;

(xxii)
Quarterly Commencement Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing September 30, 2019;

(xxiii)
Quarterly Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including a Quarterly Commencement Date to but excluding the next succeeding Quarterly Commencement Date;

(xxiv)
Series G Conversion Date” means September 30, 2019, and September 30 in every fifth year thereafter;

(xxv)
Series H Preferred Shares” means the Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series H of the Corporation;

(xxvi)
Subsequent Fixed Rate Period” means, for the initial Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the period from and including September 30, 2019, to but excluding September 30, 2024, and for each succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period means the period from and including the day immediately following the last day of the immediately preceding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to but excluding September 30 in the fifth year thereafter;

(xxvii)
System Operator” means CDS or its nominee or any successor thereof; and

(xxviii)
T-Bill Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the average yield expressed as an annual rate on 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills, as reported by the Bank of Canada, for the most recent treasury bills auction preceding the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date.

(b)
The expressions “on a parity with”, “ranking prior to”, “ranking junior to” and similar expressions refer to the order of priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation.

(c)
If any day on which any dividend on the Series G Preferred Shares is payable by the Corporation or on or by which any other action is required to be taken by the Corporation is not a Business Day, then such dividend shall be payable and such other action may be taken on or by the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
2.
Dividends
 
(a)
During the Initial Fixed Rate Period, the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends at an annual rate of $1.325 per share, payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date in each year.  The first dividend, if declared, shall be payable on December 31, 2014, and, notwithstanding the foregoing, shall be in

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the amount per share determined by multiplying $1.325 by the number of days in the period from and including the date of issue of the Series G Preferred Shares to but excluding, December 31, 2014, and dividing that product by 365.

(b)
During each Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date, in the amount per share determined by multiplying one-quarter of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period by $25.00.

(c)
On each Fixed Rate Calculation Date, the Corporation shall determine the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period.  Each such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Corporation and upon all holders of Series G Preferred Shares.  The Corporation shall, on each Fixed Rate Calculation Date, give written notice of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to the registered holders of the then outstanding Series G Preferred Shares.  Each such notice shall be given by electronic transmission, by facsimile transmission or by ordinary unregistered first class prepaid mail addressed to each holder of Series G Preferred Shares at the last address of such holder as it appears on, the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any holder not so appearing, to the address of such holder last known to the Corporation.

(d)
If a dividend has been declared for a Quarter and a date is fixed for a Liquidation, redemption or conversion that is prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such Quarter, a Pro Rated Dividend shall be payable on the date fixed for such Liquidation, redemption or conversion instead of the dividend declared, but if such Liquidation, redemption or conversion does not occur, then the full amount of the dividend declared shall be payable on the originally scheduled Dividend Payment Date.

(e)
If the dividend payable on any Dividend Payment Date is not paid in full on such date on all of the Series G Preferred Shares then outstanding, such dividend or the unpaid part of it shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates to be determined by the Board of Directors on which the Corporation shall have sufficient moneys properly applicable, under the provisions of any applicable law and under the provisions of any trust indenture securing bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation, to the payment of the dividend.

(f)
Cheques of the Corporation payable in lawful money of Canada at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada may be issued in respect of the dividends (less any tax required to be deducted) and payment of the cheques shall satisfy such dividends, or payments in respect of dividends may be made in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
 
(g)
The holders of the Series G Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend other than as specified in this paragraph (2).

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3.
Purchase for Cancellation.
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (9) and subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, the Corporation may at any time or times purchase (if obtainable) for cancellation all or any part of the Series G Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time:

(a)
through the facilities of any stock exchange on which the Series G Preferred Shares are listed,

(b)
by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the Series G Preferred Shares outstanding, or

(c)
in any other manner,
at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such shares are obtainable.  If upon any invitation for tenders under the provisions of this paragraph (3) more Series G Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation shall accept, to the extent required, the tenders submitted at the lowest price and then, if and as required, the tenders submitted at the next progressively higher prices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase, then the shares tendered at such price shall be purchased as nearly as may be pro rata (disregarding fractions) according to the number of Series G Preferred Shares so tendered by each of the holders of Series G Preferred Shares who submit tenders at that price.  From and after the date of purchase of any Series G Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (3), the shares so purchased shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
4.
Redemption

(a)
The Series G Preferred Shares shall not be redeemable prior to September 30, 2019.  Subject to the provisions of paragraph (8), on September 30, 2019, and on September 30 in every fifth year thereafter, the Corporation, upon giving notice as herein provided, may redeem all or any part of the Series G Preferred Shares by the payment of an amount in cash for each share to be redeemed equal to $25.00 (such amount being the “redemption amount”) plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the whole constituting the “cash redemption price”).  For the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, the amount specified in respect of each Series G Preferred Share is $25.00.
 
(b)
In any case of redemption of Series G Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (4), the Corporation shall, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date specified for redemption, mail to each person who at the date of mailing is a registered holder of Series G Preferred Shares to be redeemed a written notice of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such Series G Preferred Shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to each such holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not

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affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall set out the cash redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the Series G Preferred Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number so to be redeemed.  On or after the date so specified for redemption the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holders of the Series G Preferred Shares to be redeemed the cash redemption price on presentation and surrender at the head office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates for the Series G Preferred Shares called for redemption, subject to the provisions of paragraph (14).  Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada.  Such Series G Preferred Shares shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate shall be redeemed, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any such notice, the Series G Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless payment of the cash redemption price shall not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected.  The Corporation shall have the right, at any time after the mailing of notice of its intention to redeem any Series G Preferred Shares, to deposit the cash redemption price of the shares so called for redemption, or of such of the shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders in connection with such redemption, to a special account in any chartered bank or any trust company in Canada named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Series G Preferred Shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the certificates representing such shares.  Upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the Series G Preferred Shares in respect of which such deposit shall have been made shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares and the rights of the holders after such deposit or such redemption date shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total cash redemption price so deposited against presentation and surrender of the certificates held by them respectively.  Any interest allowed on any such deposit shall belong to the Corporation and any unclaimed funds remaining on deposit on the sixth anniversary date of the redemption shall be returned to the Corporation.  Subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, in case a part only of the then outstanding Series G Preferred Shares is at any time to be redeemed, the shares so to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such manner as the Board of Directors or the transfer agent and registrar, if any, appointed by the Corporation in respect of such shares shall decide, or, if the Board of Directors so decides, such shares may be redeemed pro rata (disregarding fractions).
5.
Conversion into Series H Preferred Shares
 
(a)
The Series G Preferred Shares shall not be convertible prior to September 30, 2019.  Holders of Series G Preferred Shares shall have the right to convert on

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each Series G Conversion Date, subject to the provisions hereof, all or any of their Series G Preferred Shares into Series H Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series H Preferred Share for each Series G Preferred Share.  The Corporation shall, not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the applicable Series G Conversion Date, give notice in writing in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 2(c) to the then registered holders of the Series G Preferred Shares of the conversion right provided for in this paragraph (5), which notice shall set out the Series G Conversion Date and instructions to such holders as to the method by which such conversion right may be exercised.  On the 30th day prior to each Series G Conversion Date, the Corporation shall give notice in writing to the then registered holders of the Series G Preferred Shares of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Series G Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period and the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series H Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c).

(b)
If the Corporation gives notice as provided in paragraph (4) to the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares of the redemption of all of the Series G Preferred Shares, then the right of a holder of Series G Preferred Shares to convert such Series G Preferred Shares shall terminate effective on the date of such notice and the Corporation shall not be required to give the notice specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph (5).

(c)
Holders of Series G Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to convert their shares into Series H Preferred Shares if the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series G Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series H Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series G Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series H Preferred Shares and all Series H Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series G Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c) to all affected registered holders of the Series G Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the applicable Series G Conversion Date and shall issue and deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior to such Series G Conversion Date, at the expense of the Corporation, to such holders of Series G Preferred Shares who have surrendered for conversion any certificate or certificates representing Series G Preferred Shares, certificates representing the Series G Preferred Shares represented by any certificate or certificates so surrendered.
 
(d)
If the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series G Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series G Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series G Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series H Preferred Shares and all Series H Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series G Preferred Shares, then all of the remaining outstanding Series G Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically into Series H Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series H Preferred Share for each Series G Preferred Share on the applicable Series G Conversion Date and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(c) to the then registered holders of such remaining Series G Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the Series G Conversion Date.

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(e)
The conversion right may be exercised by a holder of Series G Preferred Shares by notice in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation (the “Series G Conversion Notice”), which notice must be received by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series G Preferred Shares at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of such transfer agent and registrar not earlier than the 30th day prior to, but not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 15th day preceding, a Series G Conversion Date.  The Series G Conversion Notice shall Indicate the number of Series G Preferred Shares to be converted and shall be accompanied by payment or evidence of payment of applicable taxes.  Once received by the transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the Corporation, the election of a holder to convert is irrevocable.  Except in the case where the Series H Preferred Shares are in the Book-Based System, if the Series H Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name or names different from the name or names of the registered holder of the Series G Preferred Shares to be converted, the Series G Conversion Notice shall contain written notice in form and execution satisfactory to such transfer agent and registrar directing the Corporation to register the Series H Preferred Shares in some other name or names (the “Series H Transferee”) and stating the name or names (with addresses) accompanied by payment to the transfer agent and any registrar of any transfer taxes which may be payable by reason thereof, and a written declaration, if required by the Corporation or by applicable law, as to the residence and share ownership status of the Series H Transferee and such other matters as may be required by such law in order to determine the entitlement of such Series H Transferee to hold such Series H Preferred Shares.

(f)
If all remaining outstanding Series G Preferred Shares are to be converted into Series H Preferred Shares on the applicable Series G Conversion Date as provided for in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph (5), the Series G Preferred Shares that holders have not previously elected to convert shall be converted on the Series G Conversion Date into Series H Preferred Shares and the holders thereof shall be deemed to be holders of Series H Preferred Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Series G Conversion Date and shall be entitled, upon surrender during regular business hours at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing Series G Preferred Shares not previously surrendered for conversion, to receive a certificate or certificates representing the same number of Series H Preferred Shares in the manner and subject to the provisions of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14).
 
(g)
Subject to subparagraph (h) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14), as promptly as practicable after the Series G Conversion Date the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Series H Preferred Shares registered in the name of the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares to be converted, or as such holders shall have directed, on presentation and surrender at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar for the Series G Preferred Shares of the certificate or certificates for the Series G Preferred Shares to be converted.  If only a part of such Series G Preferred Shares represented by any certificate shall be converted, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any Series G Conversion Notice, the Series G Preferred Shares converted into Series H Preferred Shares shall cease to be

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outstanding and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares, and the holders thereof shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless the Corporation shall fail, subject to paragraph (14), to deliver to the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares to be converted share certificates representing the Series H Preferred Shares into which such shares have been converted.

(h)
The obligation of the Corporation to issue Series H Preferred Shares upon conversion of any Series G Preferred Shares shall be deferred during the continuance of any one or more of the following events:

(i)
the issuing of such Series H Preferred Shares is prohibited pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Corporation to assure its solvency or continued operation;

(ii)
the issuing of such Series H Preferred Shares is prohibited by law or by any regulatory or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation that is acting in conformity with law; or

(iii)
for any reason beyond its control, the Corporation is unable to issue Series H Preferred Shares or is unable to deliver Series H Preferred Shares.

(i)
The Corporation reserves the right not to deliver Series H Preferred Shares to any person that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a person whose address is in, or that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a resident of, any jurisdiction outside Canada if such delivery would require the Corporation to take any action to comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  In those circumstances, the Corporation shall hold, as agent of any such person, all or the relevant number of Series H Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall attempt to sell such Series H Preferred Shares to parties other than the Corporation and its affiliates on behalf of any such person.  Such sales (if any) shall be made at such times and at such prices as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may determine.  The Corporation shall not be subject to any liability for failure to sell Series H Preferred Shares on behalf of any such person at all or at any particular price or on any particular day.  The net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of any such Series H Preferred Shares shall be delivered to any such person, after deducting the costs of sale and any applicable withholding taxes, by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
6.
Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up
In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $25.00 per Series G Preferred Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series G Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date of such Liquidation, before any amount shall be paid or any property or assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the holders of the Common Shares or to the holders of any other shares ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Shares in any respect.  After payment to the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares of the amount so
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payable to them, they shall not, as such, be entitled to share in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Corporation.
7.
Voting Rights
The holders of the Series G Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation fails to pay in the aggregate six quarterly dividends on the Series G Preferred Shares pursuant to paragraph (2) hereof on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether or not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the Series G Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25.00 of subscription price of the Series G Preferred Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall have been held shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days’ written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or replacing all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when there is no director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of the First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.
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8.
Restrictions on Partial Redemption or Purchase
So long as any of the Series G Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not call for redemption, purchase, reduce or otherwise pay for less than all the Series G Preferred Shares and all other preferred shares then outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series G Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on all such shares then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of such call for redemption, purchase, reduction or other payment.
9.
Restrictions on Payment of Dividends and Reduction of Junior Capital
So long as any of the Series G Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not:

(a)
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividends (other than stock dividends in shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Shares) on the Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends; or

(b)
call for redemption of, purchase, reduce the stated capital maintained by the Corporation or otherwise pay for any shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Shares with respect to repayment of capital or with respect to payment of dividends;
unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on the Series G Preferred Shares and on all other preferred shares ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series G Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of any such action referred to in subparagraphs 9(a) and (b).
10.
Issue of Additional Preferred Shares
No class of shares may be created or issued ranking as to repayment of capital or payment of dividends prior to or on a parity with the Series G Preferred Shares without the prior approval of the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares given as specified in paragraph (11), nor shall the number of Series G Preferred Shares be increased without such approval; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (10) shall prevent the Corporation from creating additional series of First Preferred Shares and, if all dividends then payable on the Series G Preferred Shares and Series H Preferred Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment, from issuing additional series of First Preferred Shares without such approval.
11.
Sanction by Holders of Series G Preferred Shares
The approval of the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares with respect to any and all matters referred to in these share provisions may be given in writing by all of the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares outstanding or by resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at a meeting of the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares duly called and held for the purpose of considering the subject matter of such resolution and at which holders of not less than a majority of all Series G Preferred Shares then outstanding are present in person or represented by proxy in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation; provided, however, that if at any such meeting, when originally held, the holders of at least a majority of all Series G Preferred Shares then outstanding are not present in person or
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so represented by proxy within 30 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date, being not less than 15 days later, and to such time and place as may be fixed by the chairman of such meeting, and at such adjourned meeting the holders of Series G Preferred Shares present in person or so represented by proxy, whether or not they hold a majority of all Series G Preferred Shares then outstanding, may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called, and a resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at such adjourned meeting shall constitute the approval of the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares.  Notice of any such original meeting of the holders of the Series G Preferred Shares shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for such meeting and shall specify in general terms the purpose for which the meeting is called, and notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such adjourned meeting, but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the purpose for which the adjourned meeting is called.  The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such original meeting or adjourned meeting and the conduct of it shall be those from time to time prescribed in the by-laws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders.  On every poll taken at any such original meeting or adjourned meeting, each holder of Series G Preferred Shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each of the Series G Preferred Shares held by such holder.
12.
Tax Election
The Corporation shall elect, in the manner and within the time provided under subsection 191.2(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, to pay tax at a rate, and shall take all other action necessary under such Act, such that no holder of Series G Preferred Shares shall be required to pay tax on dividends received on the Series G Preferred Shares under section 187.2 of such Act or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect.  Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Corporation from entering into an agreement with a taxable Canadian corporation with which it is related to transfer all or a portion of the Corporation’s liability for tax under section 191.1 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) to that taxable Canadian corporation in accordance with the provisions of section 191.3 of such Act.
13.
Withholding Tax
Notwithstanding any other provision of these share provisions, the Corporation may deduct or withhold from any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery (whether in cash or in shares) to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and shall remit any such amounts to the relevant tax authority as required.  If the cash component of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions is less than the amount that the Corporation is so required or permitted to deduct or withhold, the Corporation shall be permitted to deduct and withhold from any non-cash payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and to dispose of such property in order to remit any amount required to be remitted to any relevant tax authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made to a holder of Series G Preferred Shares pursuant to these share provisions shall be considered to be the amount of the payment, distribution, issuance or delivery received by such holder plus any amount deducted or withheld pursuant to this paragraph (13).  Holders of Series G Preferred Shares shall be responsible for all
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withholding taxes under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in respect of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation on an after-tax basis for any such taxes imposed on any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions.
14.
Book-Based System

(a)
Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph (14) and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) of these share provisions, the Series G Preferred Shares shall be evidenced by a single fully registered Global Certificate representing the aggregate number of Series G Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation which shall be held by, or on behalf of, the System Operator as custodian of the Global Certificate for the Participants and registered in the name of “CDS & CO.” (or in such other name as the System Operator may use from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the Book-Based System), and registrations of ownership, transfers, surrenders and conversions of Series G Preferred Shares shall be made only through the Book-Based System.  Accordingly, subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (14), no beneficial holder of Series G Preferred Shares shall receive a certificate or other instrument from the Corporation or the System Operator evidencing such holder’s ownership thereof, and no such holder shall be shown on the records maintained by the System Operator except through a book-entry account of a Participant acting on behalf of such holder.

(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13), so long as the System Operator is the registered holder of the Series G Preferred Shares:

(i)
the System Operator shall be considered the sole owner of the Series G Preferred Shares for the purposes of receiving notices or payments on or in respect of the Series G Preferred Shares or the delivery of Series H Preferred Shares and certificates therefor upon the exercise of rights of conversion; and

(ii)
the Corporation, pursuant to the exercise of rights of redemption or conversion, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the System Operator, for the benefit of the beneficial holders of the Series G Preferred Shares, the cash redemption price for the Series G Preferred Shares or certificates for Series H Preferred Shares against delivery to the Corporation’s account with the System Operator of such holders’ Series G Preferred Shares.
 
(c)
If the Corporation determines that the System Operator is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Based System and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor or the Corporation elects, or is required by applicable law, to withdraw the Series G Preferred Shares from the Book-Based System, then subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (14) shall no longer be applicable to the Series G Preferred Shares and the Corporation shall notify Book-Entry Holders through the System Operator of the occurrence of any such event or election and of the availability of Definitive Shares to Book-Entry Holders.  Upon surrender by the System Operator of the Global Certificate to the transfer agent and registrar for the

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Series G Preferred Shares accompanied by registration instructions for re-registration, the Corporation shall execute and deliver Definitive Shares.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in delivering such instructions and may conclusively act and rely on and shall be protected in acting and relying on such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Shares, the Corporation shall recognize the registered holders of such Definitive Shares and the Book-Entry Shares for which such Definitive Shares have been substituted shall be void and of no further effect.

(d)
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) and the exercise of rights of redemption and conversion, with respect to Series G Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of this paragraph (14), and to the extent that there is any inconsistency or conflict between such provisions, the provisions of this paragraph (14) shall prevail.
15.
Wire or Electronic Transfer of Funds
Notwithstanding any other right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Series G Preferred Shares, the Corporation may, at its option, make any payment due to registered holders of Series G Preferred Shares by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds to such holders.  If a payment is made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall be responsible for any applicable charges or fees relating to the making of such transfer.  As soon as practicable following the determination by the Corporation that a payment is to be made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall provide a notice to the applicable registered holders of Series G Preferred Shares at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such notice shall request that each applicable registered holder of Series G Preferred Shares provide the particulars of an account of such holder with a chartered bank in Canada to which the wire or electronic transfer of funds shall be directed.  If the Corporation does not receive account particulars from a registered holder of Series G Preferred Shares prior to the date such payment is to be made, the Corporation shall deposit the funds otherwise payable to such holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder.  The making of a payment by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds or the deposit by the Corporation of funds otherwise payable to a holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder shall be deemed to constitute payment by the Corporation on the date thereof and shall satisfy and discharge all liabilities of the Corporation for such payment to the extent of the amount represented by such transfer or deposit.
16.
Amendments
The provisions attaching to the Series G Shares may be deleted, varied, modified, amended or amplified by articles of amendment with such approval as may then be required by the Canada Business Corporations Act, with- any such approval to be given in accordance with paragraph (11) and with any required approvals of any stock exchanges on which the Series G Shares may be listed.

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Schedule “B”

SERIES H FIRST PREFERRED SHARES
The eighth series of First Preferred Shares of the Corporation shall consist of 6,600,000 shares designated as Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series H (the “Series H Preferred Shares”).  In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the First Preferred Shares as a class, the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Series H Preferred Shares shall be as follows:
1.
Interpretation

(a)
In these Series H Preferred Share provisions, the following expressions have the meanings indicated:

(i)
Annual Fixed Dividend Rate” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on the applicable Fixed Rate Calculation Date and 3.80%;

(ii)
Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page” means the display designated as page “GCAN5YR<INDEX>” on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service or its successor service (or such other page as may replace the GCAN5YR<INDEX> page on that service or its successor service) for purposes of displaying Government of Canada bond yields;

(iii)
Book-Based System” means the record entry securities transfer and pledge system administered by the System Operator in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of the System Operator in force from time to time and any successor system thereof;

(iv)
Book-Entry Holder” means the person that is the beneficial holder of a Book-Entry Share;

(v)
Book-Entry Shares” means the Series H Preferred Shares held through the Book-Based System;

(vi)
Business Day” means a day on which chartered banks are generally open for business in both Calgary, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario;

(vii)
CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or any successor thereof;

(viii)
Common Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation;

(ix)
Definitive Share” means a fully registered, typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced share certificate representing one or more Series H Preferred Shares;
 
(x)
Dividend Payment Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year; provided that, if such date is not a Business Day, the applicable Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day;

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(xi)
First Preferred Shares” means the first preferred shares of the Corporation;

(xii)
Fixed Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period;

(xiii)
Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the annual rate of interest (expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percent (with 0.000005% being rounded up)) equal to the sum of the T-Bill Rate on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date and 3.80%;

(xiv)
Floating Rate Calculation Date” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Quarterly Floating Rate Period;

(xv)
Global Certificate” means the global certificate representing outstanding Book-Entry Shares;

(xvi)
Government of Canada Yield” on any date means the yield to maturity on such date (assuming semi-annual compounding) of a Canadian dollar denominated non-callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date and that appears on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen GCAN5YR Page on such date, then the Government of Canada Yield shall mean the arithmetic average of the yields quoted to the Corporation by two registered Canadian investment dealers selected by the Corporation as being the annual yield to maturity on such date, compounded semi-annually, that a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued, in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity of five years;

(xvii)
Liquidation” means the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

(xviii)
Participants” means the participants in the Book-Based System;

(xix)
Pro Rated Dividend” means the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the dividend payable for a Quarter in which a Liquidation, conversion or redemption is to occur by four and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the date fixed for Liquidation, conversion or redemption to but excluding such date and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year;
 
(xx)
Quarter” means a three-month period ending on a Dividend Payment Date;

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(xxi)
Quarterly Commencement Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing September 30, 2019;

(xxii)
Quarterly Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including a Quarterly Commencement Date to but excluding the next succeeding Quarterly Commencement Date;

(xxiii)
Series G Preferred Shares” means the Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series G of the Corporation;

(xxiv)
Series H Conversion Date” means September 30, 2024, and September 30 in every fifth year thereafter;

(xxv)
Subsequent Fixed Rate Period” means, for the initial Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the period from and including September 30, 2019, to but excluding September 30, 2024, and for each succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period means the period from and including the day immediately following the last day of the immediately preceding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period to but excluding September 30 in the fifth year thereafter;

(xxvi)
System Operator” means CDS or its nominee or any successor thereof; and

(xxvii)
T-Bill Rate” means, for any Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the average yield expressed as an annual rate on 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills, as reported by the Bank of Canada, for the most recent treasury bills auction preceding the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date.

(b)
The expressions “on a parity with”, “ranking prior to”, “ranking junior to” and similar expressions refer to the order of priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation.

(c)
If any day on which any dividend on the Series H Preferred Shares is payable by the Corporation or on or by which any other action is required to be taken by the Corporation is not a Business Day, then such dividend shall be payable and such other action may be taken on or by the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
2.
Dividends
 
(a)
During each Quarterly Floating Rate Period, the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of the moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable on each Dividend Payment Date, in the amount per share determined by multiplying the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for such Quarterly Floating Rate Period by $25.00 and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in such Quarterly Floating Rate Period and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending on the actual number of days in the applicable year.

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(b)
On each Floating Rate Calculation Date, the Corporation shall determine the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the ensuing Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Each such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Corporation and upon all holders of Series H Preferred Shares.  The Corporation shall, on each Floating Rate Calculation Date, give written notice of the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the ensuing Quarterly Floating Rate Period to the registered holders of the then outstanding Series H Preferred Shares.  Each such notice shall be given by electronic transmission, by facsimile transmission or by ordinary unregistered first class prepaid mail addressed to each holder of Series H Preferred Shares at the last address of such holder as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any holder not so appearing, to the address of such holder last known to the Corporation.

(c)
If a dividend has been declared for a Quarter and a date is fixed for a Liquidation, redemption or conversion that is prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such Quarter, a Pro Rated Dividend shall be payable on the date fixed for such Liquidation, redemption or conversion instead of the dividend declared, but if such Liquidation, redemption or conversion does not occur, then the full amount of the dividend declared shall be payable on the originally scheduled Dividend Payment Date.

(d)
If the dividend payable on any Dividend Payment Date is not paid in full on such date on all of the Series H Preferred Shares then outstanding, such dividend or the unpaid part of it shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates to be determined by the Board of Directors on which the Corporation shall have sufficient moneys properly applicable, under the provisions of any applicable law and under the provisions of any trust indenture securing bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation, to the payment of the dividend.

(e)
Cheques of the Corporation payable in lawful money of Canada at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada may be issued in respect of the dividends (less any tax required to be deducted) and payment of the cheques shall satisfy such dividends, or payments in respect of dividends may be made in any other manner determined by the Corporation.

(f)
The holders of the Series H Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend other than as specified in this paragraph (2).
3.
Purchase for Cancellation
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (8) and subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, the Corporation may at any time or times purchase (if obtainable) for cancellation all or any part of the Series H Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time:

(a)
through the facilities of any stock exchange on which the Series H Preferred Shares are listed,
 
(b)
by invitation for tenders addressed to all the holders of record of the Series H Preferred Shares outstanding, or

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(c)
in any other manner,
at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such shares are obtainable.  If upon any invitation for tenders under the provisions of this paragraph (3) more Series H Preferred Shares are tendered at a price or prices acceptable to the Corporation than the Corporation is willing to purchase, the Corporation shall accept, to the extent required, the tenders submitted at the lowest price and then, if and as required, the tenders submitted at the next progressively higher  prices, and if more shares are tendered at any such price than the Corporation is prepared to purchase, then the shares tendered at such price shall be purchased as nearly as may be pro rata (disregarding fractions) according to the number of Series H Preferred Shares so tendered by each of the holders of Series H Preferred Shares who submit tenders at that price.  From and after the date of purchase of any Series H Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (3), the shares so purchased shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
4.
Redemption

(a)
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (8), the Corporation, upon giving notice as herein provided, may redeem all or any part of the Series H Preferred Shares by the payment of an amount in cash for each share to be redeemed equal to:

(i)
$25.00 in the case of a redemption on a Series H Conversion Date on or after September 30, 2024, or

(ii)
$25.50 in the case of a redemption on any other date after September 30, 2024 that is not a Series H Conversion Date, (such amount being the “redemption amount”) plus, in the case of each of (i) and (ii), all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series H Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the whole constituting the “cash redemption price”).  For the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, the amount specified in respect of each Series H Preferred Share is $25.00.
 
(b)
In any case of redemption of Series H Preferred Shares under the provisions of this paragraph (4), the Corporation shall, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date specified for redemption, mail to each person who at the date of mailing is a registered holder of Series H Preferred Shares to be redeemed a written notice of the intention of the Corporation to redeem such Series H Preferred Shares.  Such notice shall be mailed in a prepaid letter addressed to each such holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Such notice shall set out the cash redemption price and the date on which redemption is to take place and, if part only of the Series H Preferred Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed is to be redeemed, the number so to be redeemed.  On or after the date so specified for redemption the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the registered holders of the Series H Preferred Shares to be redeemed

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the cash redemption price on presentation and surrender at the head office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the certificates for the Series H Preferred Shares called for redemption, subject to the provisions of paragraph (14).  Such payment shall be made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers in Canada.  Such Series H Preferred Shares shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares.  If a part only of the shares represented by any certificate shall be redeemed, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any such notice, the Series H Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and the holders shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless payment of the cash redemption price shall not be made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected.  The Corporation shall have the right, at any time after the mailing of notice of its intention to redeem any Series H Preferred Shares, to deposit the cash redemption price of the shares so called for redemption, or of such of the shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders in connection with such redemption, to a special account in any chartered bank or any trust company in Canada named in such notice, to be paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Series H Preferred Shares called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the certificates representing such shares.  Upon such deposit being made or upon the date specified for redemption in such notice, whichever is the later, the Series H Preferred Shares in respect of which such deposit shall have been made shall then be and be deemed to be redeemed and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares and the rights of the holders after such deposit or such redemption date shall be limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total cash redemption price so deposited against presentation and surrender of the certificates held by them respectively.  Any interest allowed on any such deposit shall belong to the Corporation and any unclaimed funds remaining on deposit on the sixth anniversary date of the redemption shall be returned to the Corporation.  Subject to such provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act as may be applicable, in case a part only of the then outstanding Series H Preferred Shares is at any time to be redeemed, the shares so to be redeemed shall be selected by lot in such manner as the Board of Directors or the transfer agent and registrar, if any, appointed by the Corporation in respect of such shares shall decide, or, if the Board of Directors so decides, such shares may be redeemed pro rata (disregarding fractions).
5.
Conversion into Series G Preferred Shares
 
(a)
The Series H Preferred Shares shall not be convertible prior to September 30, 2024.  Holders of Series H Preferred Shares shall have the right to convert on each Series H Conversion Date, subject to the provisions hereof, all or any of their Series H Preferred Shares into Series G Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series G Preferred Share for each Series H Preferred Share.  The Corporation shall, not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the applicable Series H Conversion Date, give notice in writing in accordance with the provisions in subparagraph 2(b) to the then registered holders of the Series H

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Preferred Shares of the conversion right provided for in this paragraph (5), which notice shall set out the Series H Conversion Date and instructions to such holders as to the method by which such conversion right may be exercised.  On the 30th day prior to each Series H Conversion Date, the Corporation shall give notice in writing to the then registered holders of the Series H Preferred Shares of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Series G Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Subsequent Fixed Rate Period and the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series H Preferred Shares for the next succeeding Quarterly Floating Rate Period.  Such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b).

(b)
If the Corporation gives notice as provided in paragraph (4) to the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares of the redemption of all of the Series H Preferred Shares, then the right of a holder of Series H Preferred Shares to convert such Series H Preferred Shares shall terminate effective on the date of such notice and the Corporation shall not be required to give the notice specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph (5).

(c)
Holders of Series H Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to convert their shares into Series G Preferred Shares if the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series H Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series G Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series H Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series G Preferred Shares and all Series G Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series H Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b) to all affected registered holders of the Series H Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the applicable Series H Conversion Date and shall issue and deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior to such Series H Conversion Date, at the expense of the Corporation, to such holders of Series H Preferred Shares who have surrendered for conversion any certificate or certificates representing Series H Preferred Shares, certificates representing the Series H Preferred Shares represented by any certificate or certificates so surrendered.

(d)
If the Corporation determines that there would remain outstanding on a Series H Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series H Preferred Shares, after having taken into account all Series H Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series G Preferred Shares and all Series G Preferred Shares tendered for conversion into Series H Preferred Shares, then all of the remaining outstanding Series H Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically into Series G Preferred Shares on the basis of one Series G Preferred Share for each Series H Preferred Share on the applicable Series H Conversion Date and the Corporation shall give notice in writing thereof in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (2)(b) to the then registered holders of such remaining Series H Preferred Shares at least seven days prior to the Series H Conversion Date.
 
(e)
The conversion right may be exercised by a holder of Series H Preferred Shares by notice in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation (the “Series H Conversion Notice”), which notice must be received by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series H Preferred Shares at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of such transfer agent and registrar not earlier than the 30th day prior to, but not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 15th day preceding, a Series H

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Conversion Date.  The Series H Conversion Notice shall indicate the number of Series H Preferred Shares to be converted and shall be accompanied by payment or evidence of payment of applicable taxes.  Once received by the transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the Corporation, the election of a holder to convert is irrevocable.  Except in the case where the Series G Preferred Shares are in the Book-Based System, if the Series G Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name or names different from the name or names of the registered holder of the Series H Preferred Shares to be converted, the Series H Conversion Notice shall contain written notice in form and execution satisfactory to such transfer agent and registrar directing the Corporation to register the Series G Preferred Shares in some other name or names (the “Series H Transferee”) and stating the name or names (with addresses) accompanied by payment to the transfer agent and any registrar of any transfer taxes which may be payable by reason thereof, and a written declaration, if required by the Corporation or by applicable law, as to the residence and share ownership status of the Series H Transferee and such other matters as may be required by such law in order to determine the entitlement of such Series H Transferee to hold such Series G Preferred Shares.

(f)
If all remaining outstanding Series H Preferred Shares are to be converted into Series G Preferred Shares on the applicable Series H Conversion Date as provided for in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph (5), the Series H Preferred Shares that holders have not previously elected to convert shall be converted on the Series H Conversion Date into Series G Preferred Shares and the holders thereof shall be deemed to be holders of Series G Preferred Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Series H Conversion Date and shall be entitled, upon surrender during regular business hours at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing Series H Preferred Shares not previously surrendered for conversion, to receive a certificate or certificates representing the same number of Series G Preferred Shares in the manner and subject to the provisions of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14).

(g)
Subject to subparagraph (h) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (14), as promptly as practicable after the Series H Conversion Date the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Series G Preferred Shares registered in the name of the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares to be converted, or as such holders shall have directed, on presentation and surrender at the principal office in Toronto or Calgary of the transfer agent and registrar for the Series H Preferred Shares of the certificate or certificates for the Series H Preferred Shares to be converted.  If only a part of such Series H Preferred Shares represented by any certificate shall be converted, a new certificate for the balance shall be issued at the expense of the Corporation.  From and after the date specified in any Series H Conversion Notice, the Series H Preferred Shares converted into Series G Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares, and the holders thereof shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof unless the Corporation, subject to paragraph (14) shall fail to deliver to the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares to be converted share certificates representing the Series G Preferred Shares into which such shares have been converted.

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(h)
The obligation of the Corporation to issue Series G Preferred Shares upon conversion of any Series H Preferred Shares shall be deferred during the continuance of any one or more of the following events:

(i)
the issuing of such Series G Preferred Shares is prohibited pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Corporation to assure its solvency or continued operation;

(ii)
the issuing of such Series G Preferred Shares is prohibited by law or by any regulatory or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation that is acting in conformity with law; or

(iii)
for any reason beyond its control, the Corporation is unable to issue Series G Preferred Shares or is unable to deliver Series G Preferred Shares.

(i)
The Corporation reserves the right not to deliver Series G Preferred Shares to any person that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a person whose address is in, or that the Corporation or its transfer agent and registrar has reason to believe is a resident of any jurisdiction outside Canada if such delivery would require the Corporation to take any action to comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  In those circumstances, the Corporation shall hold, as agent of any such person, all or the relevant number of Series G Preferred Shares, and the Corporation shall attempt to sell such Series G Preferred Shares to parties other than the Corporation and its affiliates on behalf of any such person.  Such sales (if any) shall be made at such times and at such prices as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may determine.  The Corporation shall not be subject to any liability for failure to sell Series G Preferred Shares on behalf of any such person at all or at any particular price or on any particular day.  The net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of any such Series G Preferred Shares shall be delivered to any such person, after deducting the costs of sale and any applicable withholding taxes, by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Corporation.
6.
Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up
In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $25.00 per Series H Preferred Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, which for such purpose shall be calculated on a pro rata basis for the period from and including the last Dividend Payment Date on which dividends on the Series H Preferred Shares have been paid to but excluding the date of such Liquidation, before any amount shall be paid or any property or assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the holders of the Common Shares or to the holders of any other shares ranking junior to the Series H Preferred Shares in any respect.  After payment to the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares of the amount so payable to them, they shall not, as such, be entitled to share in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Corporation.
7.
Voting Rights
The holders of the Series H Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless and until the Corporation fails to pay in the aggregate six quarterly
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dividends on the Series H Preferred Shares pursuant to paragraph (2) hereof on the dates when the same should be paid, whether or not consecutive, and whether or not such dividends have been declared and whether or not there are any moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends; thereafter, but only for so long as any dividends on the Series H Preferred Shares remain in arrears, the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each full $25.00 of subscription price of the Series H Preferred Shares held by them and in addition shall be entitled, voting separately and exclusively as a combined class with the holders of all series of First Preferred Shares who at such time are entitled to vote for the election of directors, to elect two members of the board of directors if the board consists of less than sixteen directors or three members of the board of directors if the board consists of sixteen or more directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, the term of office of all persons who may be directors of the Corporation at any time when the right to elect directors shall accrue to the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph or who may be appointed as directors thereafter and before a meeting of shareholders shall have been held shall terminate upon the election of directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders which may be held for the purpose of electing directors at any time after the accrual of such right to elect directors upon not less than 21 days’ written notice and which shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors; in default of the calling of such special meeting by the Secretary within five days after the making of such request such meeting may be called by any holder of record of First Preferred Shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Any vacancy occurring among the members of the board elected to represent the holders of any First Preferred Shares in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph may be filled by the board with the consent and approval of a remaining director elected to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares but if there be no such remaining director the board may elect sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies.  Whether or not such vacancies are so filled by the board, the holders of record of at least one-tenth of the aggregate subscription price of the then outstanding First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall have the right to require the Secretary of the Corporation to call a meeting of the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors for the purpose of filling the vacancies or replacing all or any of the persons filling such vacancies who have been appointed by the directors when there is no director in office who has been elected to represent the holders of the First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the by-laws of the Corporation, (1) upon any termination of the said right to elect directors, the term of office of the directors elected or appointed to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares entitled to vote for the election of directors shall forthwith terminate and (2) it shall not be necessary for a person to be a holder of First Preferred Shares in order to qualify for election or appointment as a director of the Corporation to represent the holders of First Preferred Shares as described hereunder.
8.
Restrictions on Partial Redemption or Purchase
So long as any of the Series H Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not call for redemption, purchase, reduce or otherwise pay for less than all the Series H Preferred Shares and all other preferred shares then outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series H Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on all such shares then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of such call for redemption, purchase, reduction or other payment.
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9.
Restrictions on Payment of Dividends and Reduction of Junior Capital
So long as any of the Series H Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not:

(a)
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividends (other than stock dividends in shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series H Preferred Shares) on the Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series H Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends; or

(b)
call for redemption of, purchase, reduce the stated capital maintained by the Corporation or otherwise pay for any shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series H Preferred Shares with respect to repayment of capital or with respect to payment of dividends;


unless all dividends up to and including the dividends payable on the last preceding dividend payment dates on the Series H Preferred Shares and on all other preferred shares ranking prior to or on a parity with the Series H Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment at the date of any such action referred to in subparagraphs 9(a) and (b).

10.
Issue of Additional Preferred Shares
No class of shares may be created or issued ranking as to repayment of capital or payment of dividends prior to or on a parity with the Series H Preferred Shares without the prior approval of the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares given as specified in paragraph (11), nor shall the number of Series H Preferred Shares be increased without such approval; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (10) shall prevent the Corporation from creating additional series of First Preferred Shares and, if all dividends then payable on the Series G Preferred Shares and Series H Preferred Shares shall have been paid or set apart for payment, from issuing additional series of First Preferred Shares without such approval.
11.
Sanction by Holders of Series H Preferred Shares
The approval of the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares with respect to any and all matters referred to in these share provisions may be given in writing by all of the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares outstanding or by resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at a meeting of the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares duly called and held for the purpose of considering the subject matter of such resolution and at which holders of not less than a majority of all Series H Preferred Shares then outstanding are present in person or represented by proxy in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation; provided, however, that if at any such meeting, when originally held, the holders of at least a majority of all Series H Preferred Shares then outstanding are not present in person or so represented by proxy within 30 minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date, being not less than 15 days later, and to such time and place as may be fixed by the chairman of such meeting, and at such adjourned meeting the holders of Series H Preferred Shares present in person or so represented by proxy, whether or not they hold a majority of all Series H Preferred Shares then outstanding, may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called, and a resolution duly passed and carried by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on a poll at such adjourned meeting shall constitute the approval of the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares, Notice of any such original meeting of the holders of the Series H Preferred Shares shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the
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date fixed for such meeting and shall specify in general terms the purpose for which the meeting is called, and notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such adjourned meeting, but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the purpose for which the adjourned meeting is called.  The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such original meeting or adjourned meeting and the conduct of it shall be those from time to time prescribed in the by-laws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders.  On every poll taken at any such original meeting or adjourned meeting, each holder of Series H Preferred Shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each of the Series H Preferred Shares held by such holder.
12.
Tax Election
The Corporation shall elect, in the manner and within the time provided under subsection 191.2(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect, to pay tax at a rate, and shall take all other action necessary under such Act, such that no holder of Series H Preferred Shares shall be required to pay tax on dividends received on the Series H Preferred Shares under section 187.2 of such Act or any successor or replacement provision of similar effect.  Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Corporation from entering into an agreement with a taxable Canadian corporation with which it is related to transfer all or a portion of the Corporation’s liability for tax under section 191.1 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) to that taxable Canadian corporation in accordance with the provisions of section 191.3 of such Act.
13.
Withholding Tax
Notwithstanding any other provision of these share provisions, the Corporation may deduct or withhold from any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery (whether in cash or in shares) to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and shall remit any such amounts to the relevant tax authority as required.  If the cash component of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions is less than the amount that the Corporation is so required or permitted to deduct or withhold, the Corporation shall be permitted to deduct and withhold from any non-cash payment, distribution, issuance or delivery to be made pursuant to these share provisions any amounts required or permitted by law to be deducted or withheld from any such payment, distribution, issuance or delivery and to dispose of such property in order to remit any amount required to be remitted to any relevant tax authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made to a holder of Series H Preferred Shares pursuant to these share provisions shall be considered to be the amount of the payment, distribution, issuance or delivery received by such holder plus any amount deducted or withheld pursuant to this paragraph (13).
Holders of Series H Preferred Shares shall be responsible for all withholding taxes under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in respect of any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation on an after-tax basis for any such taxes imposed on any payment, distribution, issuance or delivery made or credited to them pursuant to these share provisions.
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14.
Book-Based System

(a)
Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph (14) and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) of these share provisions, the Series H Preferred Shares shall be evidenced by a single fully registered Global Certificate representing the aggregate number of Series H Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation which shall be held by, or on behalf of, the System Operator as custodian of the Global Certificate for the Participants and registered in the name of “CDS & CO.” (or in such other name as the System Operator may use from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the Book-Based System), and registrations of ownership, transfers, surrenders and conversions of Series H Preferred Shares shall be made only through the Book-Based System.  Accordingly, subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (14), no beneficial holder of Series H Preferred Shares shall receive a certificate or other instrument from the Corporation or the System Operator evidencing such holder’s ownership thereof, and no such holder shall be shown on the records maintained by the System Operator except through a book-entry account of a Participant acting on behalf of such holder.

(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13), so long as the System Operator is the registered holder of the Series H Preferred Shares:

(i)
the System Operator shall be considered the sole owner of the Series H Preferred Shares for the purposes of receiving notices or payments on or in respect of the Series H Preferred Shares or the delivery of Series G Preferred Shares and certificates therefor upon the exercise of rights of conversion; and

(ii)
the Corporation, pursuant to the exercise of rights of redemption or conversion, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the System Operator, for the benefit of the beneficial holders of the Series H Preferred Shares, the cash redemption price for the Series H Preferred Shares or certificates for Series G Preferred Shares against delivery to the Corporation’s account with the System Operator of such holders’ Series H Preferred Shares.

(c)
If the Corporation determines that the System Operator is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Based System and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor or the Corporation elects, or is required by applicable law, to withdraw the Series H Preferred Shares from the Book-Based System, then subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (14) shall no longer be applicable to the Series H Preferred Shares and the Corporation shall notify Book-Entry Holders through the System Operator of the occurrence of any such event or election and of the availability of Definitive Shares to Book-Entry Holders.  Upon surrender by the System Operator of the Global Certificate to the transfer agent and registrar for the Series H Preferred Shares accompanied by registration instructions for re-registration, the Corporation shall execute and deliver Definitive Shares.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in delivering such instructions and may conclusively act and rely on and shall be protected in acting and relying on such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Shares, the Corporation shall recognize the registered holders of such Definitive Shares and the Book-Entry
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Shares for which such Definitive Shares have been substituted shall be void and of no further effect.

 
(d)
The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (13) and the exercise of rights of redemption and conversion with respect to Series H Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of this paragraph (14), and to the extent that there is any inconsistency or conflict between such provisions, the provisions of this paragraph (14) shall prevail.
15.
Wire or Electronic Transfer of Funds
Notwithstanding any other right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Series H Preferred Shares, the Corporation may, at its option, make any payment due to registered holders of Series H Preferred Shares by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds to such holders.  If a payment is made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall be responsible for any applicable charges or fees relating to the making of such transfer.  As soon as practicable following the determination by the Corporation that a payment is to be made by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds, the Corporation shall provide a notice to the applicable registered holders of Series H Preferred Shares at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such notice shall request that each applicable registered holder of Series H Preferred Shares provide the particulars of an account of such holder with a chartered bank in Canada to which the wire or electronic transfer of funds shall be directed.  If the Corporation does not receive account particulars from a registered holder of Series H Preferred Shares prior to the date such payment is to be made, the Corporation shall deposit the funds otherwise payable to such holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder.  The making of a payment by way of a wire or electronic transfer of funds or the deposit by the Corporation of funds otherwise payable to a holder in a special account or accounts in trust for such holder shall be deemed to constitute payment by the Corporation on the date thereof and shall satisfy and discharge all liabilities of the Corporation for such payment to the extent of the amount represented by such transfer or deposit.
16.
Amendments
The provisions attaching to the Series H Shares may be deleted, varied, modified, amended or amplified by articles of amendment with such approval as may then be required by the Canada Business Corporations Act, with any such approval to be given in accordance with paragraph (11) and with any required approvals of any stock exchanges on which the Series H Shares may be listed.


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EXHIBIT 4.8


TRANSALTA CORPORATION
SHARE UNIT PLAN
1.
The Plan

1.1          The share unit plan of TransAlta Corporation pursuant to which share units can be granted was established effective January 1, 2013, and is hereby amended and restated effective January 1, 2017.
2.
Purpose

2.1          The purpose of the Plan is to promote a greater alignment of interests between designated officers and employees of the Corporation or its affiliates and holders of common shares of the Corporation generally by offering such officers and employees the opportunity to receive cash remuneration calculated in reference to the market value of the Shares and any applicable performance achievements, which amount of cash remuneration may then be applied towards the purchase of Shares on the open market.
3.
Definitions

Whenever used herein:

(a)
“Base Pay” means the base salary actually paid to a Participant, while designated as a Participant, during a fiscal year but excludes any payments for periods of deemed employment or salary continuance;

(b)
“Board” means the Board of Directors of TransAlta;

(c)
“CEO” means the Chief Executive Officer of TransAlta;

(d)
“Change of Control” means the occurrence after the effective date of this Plan of any of the following:

(i)
the sale to or acquisition by a Holder (except TransAlta or a Subsidiary) of assets of TransAlta or its Subsidiaries having a fair market value greater than 50% of the fair market value of the assets of TransAlta and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined as of the date of the completion of the transaction or series of integrated transactions, whether such sale or acquisition occurs by way of a reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, transfer, sale, business combination or similar transaction or series of integrated transactions;

(ii)
any Holder becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the voting securities of TransAlta, except for any such acquisition (i) by TransAlta or a Subsidiary, or (ii) by any underwriter or underwriters temporarily holding voting securities pursuant to an offering of such voting securities;
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(iii)
any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, transfer, sale, business combination or other similar transaction or series of integrated transactions involving TransAlta, its Subsidiaries or its shareholders, where record holders of the voting securities of TransAlta immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions hold less than 50% of the voting securities of TransAlta or of the continuing entity following the completion of such transaction or series of transactions; or

(iv)
a change in the composition of the Board such that individuals who are members of the Board (the “incumbent board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least 50% of the Board, and for this purpose a new director will be considered a member of the incumbent board if the appointment or nomination for election of such new director was approved by at least a majority of the incumbent board;

(e)
“Committee” means the Human Resources Committee of the Board;

(f)
“Corporation” means TransAlta Corporation or its Subsidiaries as the context dictates;

(g)
“Holder” means a person, a group of persons or persons acting jointly or in concert or persons associated or affiliated, within the meaning of the Securities Act (Ontario), with any of them;

(h)
“Incentive Compensation Level” means the target level of Share Unit Award, expressed as a percentage of base salary, assigned to a Participant’s role;

(i)
“Participant” means a non-union employee who has been designated as a Participant by the Committee upon the advice of the CEO;

(j)
“Performance Cycle” means a period of three fiscal years of TransAlta;

(k)
“Performance Level(s)” means the actual levels of achievement of the Performance Metric(s) achieved by TransAlta;

(l)
“Performance Metric(s)” means the standards or criteria, including target performance level(s), to which a Participant’s opportunity for payment under the Plan, and with respect to PSUs, is established;

(m)
“Performance Share Units (“PSUs”)” means Units that vest based on the passage of time as well as Performance Level(s);

(n)
“Plan” means this TransAlta Corporation Share Unit Plan, as amended or restated from time to time;

(o)
“Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”)” means Units that vest based solely on the passage of time;
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(p)
“Retirement” means any circumstance (whether related to resignation, termination or otherwise) that results in a Participant meeting the criteria for retirement under a retirement plan of TransAlta or any of its Subsidiaries;

(q)
“Share Unit Agreement” means the agreement approved by TransAlta and signed by the Participant relating to the grant of Units under the Plan as such Share Unit Agreement may be amended from time to time;

(r)
“Share Unit Award” means the amount allocated to a Participant, expressed in dollars and calculated in accordance with Section 7 herein;

(s)
“Share Unit Grant” means the number of Units a Participant receives at the beginning of the Performance Cycle;

(t)
“Shares” means the common shares in the capital of the Corporation and includes any shares of the Corporation into which such common shares have been converted, reclassified, redesigned, subdivided, consolidated, exchanged or otherwise changed;

(u)
“Subsidiary” means any corporation that is a subsidiary of TransAlta (as such term is defined in the Securities Act (Ontario), in force from time to time), including any joint venture partnership or limited partnership, which is directly or indirectly controlled by TransAlta;

(v)
“Target Performance” means the target level of performance for the applicable Performance Metric(s) in the Performance Cycle;

(w)
“Tax Laws” means any applicable legislation prescribing and assessing taxes, interest and withholdings based on income and includes the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended from time to time and the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, existing case law and the Board’s understanding of the current published administrative policies and assessing practices of the applicable taxing authority;

(x)
“TransAlta” means TransAlta Corporation or its Subsidiaries as the context dictates;

(y)
“TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange;

(z)
“Termination Date” means a Participant’s last day of active employment and does not include any period of reasonable, contractual or statutory notice or any period deemed employment or salary continuance;

(aa)
“Unit(s)” means a notional Share in TransAlta where one Unit equals the value of one Share;

(bb)
“Vesting Date” means the date upon which the Participant is entitled to the Units, as approved by the Board or, where applicable, the CEO and as set forth in the applicable Share Unit Agreement; and
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(cc)
“Vested Units” means the number of Units originally granted plus any and all applicable dividend equivalents, and as adjusted by any and all applicable Performance Level(s) provided that such adjustment does not exceed 200%.
4.
Administration

4.1          This Plan shall be administered by the Board. The Board shall have the right to delegate the administration and operation of the Plan, in whole or in part, to the Committee. Whenever used herein, or in the applicable Share Unit Agreement, the term “Board” shall be deemed to include the Committee. The Board shall act by vote or written consent of a majority of its members. Whenever the Plan authorizes the Board to take any action, make any determination or decision or form any opinion, then any such action, determination, decision or opinion by or of the Board shall be in the absolute discretion of the Board. The Board may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in the manner and to the extent the Board deems, in its sole and absolute discretion, necessary or desirable. All determinations and interpretations made by the Board shall be binding upon all Participants and upon their legal and personal representatives and beneficiaries.
4.2          The Board shall at its sole and absolute discretion (i) grant Units to Participants; (ii) interpret and administer the Plan; (iii) establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan; (iv) establish conditions relating to the vesting of Units; (v) set, waive and amend Performance Metric(s); (vi) approve Performance Level(s); and (vii) make any and all other determinations that the Board deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Board shall approve all Incentive Compensation Levels for all Participants.
4.3          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the CEO has the delegated authority to grant Units to Participants below the CEO’s direct reports up to an annual maximum grant value of one million dollars in the aggregate.
4.4          To the extent that any Unit granted to a Participant results in adverse or unanticipated consequences under any Tax Laws, such Unit shall be subject to such additional rules and requirements as specified by the Board from time to time in order to comply with the Tax Laws or to minimize the impact of the Tax Laws. If any provision of the Plan contravenes any Tax Laws or could cause the Participant to incur any tax, interest or penalties, then the Board may, in its sole discretion and without the Participant’s consent, modify such provision to (i) comply with, or avoid being subject to, such Tax Laws, or to avoid incurring taxes, interest or penalties under the Tax Laws, and otherwise (ii) maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent and economic benefit to the Participant of the applicable provision without materially increasing the cost to the Corporation or contravening Tax Laws. However, the Corporation shall have no obligation to modify the Plan or any Unit and does not guarantee that Units will not be subject to taxes, interest and penalties under Tax Laws.
4.5          Units granted hereunder shall be evidenced by a Share Unit Agreement signed by the Participant, which agreement shall be similar in form and substance to the one attached herein as Appendix “A” to the Plan, as amended from time to time.
5.
Eligibility and Participation

5.1          The individuals who may be eligible to participate in the Plan are non-union employees of TransAlta who, upon the advice of the CEO, are designated as Participants by the Board. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Board shall determine when and to
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what extent individuals otherwise eligible for consideration shall become or cease to be Participants for purposes of this Plan and shall determine when, and under what circumstances, any individual shall be considered to have terminated employment for purposes of the Plan.
5.2          The Plan does not grant to any Participant the right to be or to continue to be employed by TransAlta or any of its Subsidiaries. Further, the Plan does not grant to any Participant the right to receive any Share Unit Award except in accordance with the Plan. The use of the Plan to determine any or all of a Participant’s compensation is entirely at the discretion of the Board. The awarding of a Share Unit Award to a Participant is a matter to be determined solely in the discretion of the Board. This Section 5.2 applies notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan.
5.3          The participation in the Plan by any Participant shall not have any effect on any executive employment agreement entered into between an executive and the Corporation. If any terms of such executive employment agreement in any way conflict with the terms of this Plan, the terms of the executive employment agreement will supersede this Plan.
6.
Determination of Share Unit Grants

6.1          The Board shall convert a specified cash amount to a number of Units on the basis of the closing price of the Shares on the TSX, or on such other exchange on which the Shares may be listed, on the date immediately preceding the date of grant. To the extent required for securities law reporting requirements, such closing price will also be used to represent the Units’ fair market value.
6.2          With respect to PSUs, no later than 60 days after the commencement of the Performance Cycle, and after consultation with the CEO, the Board shall approve the applicable Performance Metric(s) and Incentive Compensation Levels.
6.3          When the Corporation declares a dividend on Shares, the Participant shall be granted additional Units, or fractional Units as the case may be, with such number of additional Units or fractional Units being determined by converting the cash value of the dividends attributable to the Units to a number of Units or fractional Units, on the basis of the closing price of the Shares on the TSX, or on such other exchange on which the Shares may be listed, on the trading day on which the dividends were paid on the Shares.
6.4          The Corporation, or an independent administrator as designated by the Corporation, shall maintain a notional account on behalf of each Participant and the number of Units granted to each Participant, including those granted in lieu of dividends, shall be credited to the Participant’s account.
7.
Determination of Share Unit Awards

7.1          Upon the Vesting Date and subject to Section 8, the Participant shall be entitled to receive their Share Unit Award equal to:

(i)
the number of Vested Units, multiplied by

(ii)
the value of a Share on the Vesting Date, being the closing price of the Shares on the TSX on the trading day immediately prior to the Vesting Date. Provided that if the Shares are not listed on the TSX, the value of
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a Share on the Vesting Date shall be established by the Board based on a price per Unit of any other public exchange on which the Shares are listed, or if the Shares are not listed on any public exchange, by the Board acting in good faith
7.2          With respect to PSUs, no later than 60 days after the end of the Performance Cycle, the Board shall approve the Performance Level(s) achieved by TransAlta as it relates to the Performance Metric(s) provided that the maximum Performance Level(s) applicable to PSUs equals 200% of Target Performance, subject to any Board discretion and any and all adjustments made by the Board.
7.3          Provided that the information required to determine the Performance Level(s) has been approved by the Board, TransAlta shall within 90 days of the end of the Performance Cycle pay to the Participant an amount equal to the Share Unit Award calculated in accordance with Section 7.1, subject to Section 8, less any applicable taxes or other deductions which TransAlta is required by law to make, with respect to the Participant’s Share Unit Award.
7.4          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payment of any Share Unit Award shall be subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedents that such Participant refrain from engaging in any activity which, in the opinion of the Board or the CEO, is inimical or contrary to the bests interests of TransAlta.
8.
Purchase of Shares

8.1          Except where not permitted by law, the Corporation may specify that a Share Unit Award in respect of a Participant is to be applied towards the purchase of Shares on the open market, in which case the Corporation shall designate a broker who is independent of the Corporation and who acts as an agent for the Participant to purchase Shares on the open market. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable, transfer to the broker the Share Unit Award, less the deduction of applicable taxes and other source deductions. The broker shall then purchase Shares in its sole discretion and shall control the time, amount and manner of all purchases of Shares and notify the Participant or the Participant’s personal representative, as applicable, and the Corporation of: (a) the aggregate purchase price for the Shares, (b) the purchase price per Share, and (c) the amount of any related brokerage commission. The cash value remaining after the purchase of the Shares will be paid to the Participant no later than 90 days following the Vesting Date. The Corporation shall pay all brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase of the Shares.
9.
Ceasing to be an Employee

9.1          Subject to Section 5.3 and unless otherwise determined by the Board, if the employment of a Participant is terminated by reason of Retirement or death prior to the Vesting Date, then the Participant, or the Participant’s designated representative in the case of death, shall be paid their Share Unit Award as calculated by multiplying the number of non-vested Units in the Participant’s account by a fraction where the numerator shall be the number of months between the Grant Date and the Termination Date and the denominator shall be the number of months between Grant Date and Vesting Date, which shall then be multiplied by the closing share price on the Termination Date. With respect to PSUs, the Performance Level(s) achieved at the end of the quarter preceding the Participant’s Termination Date shall also be applied. Subject to Section 5.3 and unless otherwise determined by the Board, if the employment of a Participant is terminated by reason of Retirement or death following the Vesting Date but prior to the Share Unit
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Award being paid out, then the Participant, or the Participant’s designated representative in the case of death, shall be paid their Share Unit Award in accordance with Section 7.
9.2          Subject to Section 5.3 and unless otherwise determined by the Board, if the employment of a Participant is terminated by reason of termination without cause, other than in the case of a Retirement, prior to the Vesting Date, then the Participant shall be paid their Share Unit Award as calculated by multiplying the number of non-vested Units in the Participant’s account by a fraction where the numerator shall be the number of months between the Grant Date and the Termination Date and the denominator shall be the number of months between Grant Date and Vesting Date, which shall then be multiplied by the closing share price on the Termination Date. With respect to PSUs, the lower of target and Performance Level(s) achieved at the end of the quarter preceding the Participant’s Termination Date shall also be applied. Subject to Section 5.3 and unless otherwise determined by the Board, if the employment of a Participant is terminated by reason of termination without cause, other than in the case of a Retirement, following the Vesting Date but prior to the Share Unit Award being paid out, then the Participant, shall be paid their Share Unit Award in accordance with Section 7.
9.3          Subject to Section 5.3 and unless otherwise determined by the Board, if the employment of a Participant is terminated by reason of voluntary resignation, other than in the case of a Retirement, or termination with cause prior to the Share Unit Award being paid, regardless if the Units have vested, then the Participant will forfeit their Share Unit Award(s).
9.4          Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant holds share units issued as a result of the deferral provisions as per the Corporation’s Trading and Sales Incentive Plan, and if termination by reason of Retirement occurs, then the Participant’s applicable share units shall be treated in accordance with the Trading and Sales Incentive Plan.
10.
Anti-Dilution

10.1          If the number of outstanding Shares of the Corporation shall be increased or decreased as a result of a share split, consolidation or re-capitalization and not as a result of the issuance of Shares for additional consideration or by way of share or stock dividend, the Board shall make the appropriate adjustments to the number of Units held by a Participant. Any determinations by the Board as to the required adjustments shall be made in its sole discretion and all such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under the Plan.
11.
Change of Control

11.1          Subject to Section 5.3, in the event of a Change of Control, such as a proposed merger or amalgamation of TransAlta with one or more other corporations, an offer by any person to purchase all of the outstanding Shares of TransAlta, a sale or distribution of all or substantially all of TransAlta’s assets to any other person or any arrangement or corporate reorganization not otherwise provided for herein, the Board shall, in a fair and equitable manner, determine the manner in which Share Unit Awards shall be calculated for all Participants. The Board may make such adjustments to the Plan and to any Units outstanding under the Plan as the Board may, in its sole discretion, consider appropriate in the circumstances to prevent substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to Participants hereunder, including making appropriate provisions for the adjustment of the number of Units held by a Participant and the continuance of the Plan following a Reorganization or vesting, redemption and termination of all Units granted to a Participant and using such adjustment in respect of specific performance criteria. Any determinations by the Board as to the required adjustments upon a Change of Control, shall be
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made in its sole discretion and all such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under the Plan.
12.
Rights of a Participant to Continued Employment

12.1          Neither the selection of any person as a Participant nor the granting of any Units to any Participant under the Plan shall (i) confer upon such Participant any right to continue as an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or associated or affiliated entities, or (ii) be construed as a guarantee that the Participant will continue as an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or associated or affiliated entities, as the case may be.
13.
Rights of a Participant to Receive Shares

13.1          No person entitled to Units hereunder shall, by virtue of the grant of Units have any entitlement to receive any Shares or have any rights of a shareholder of the Corporation.
14.
Transferability

14.1          All Units and all benefits accruing to any Participant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan shall be neither transferable nor assignable unless specifically provided herein. During the lifetime of a Participant, the Share Unit Award for any Units granted hereunder shall only enure to the benefit of such Participant and in the event of the death of a Participant, to the person or persons to whom the Participant’s Units under the Plan pass by the Participant’s will or applicable law.
15.
Amendment and Termination of Plan

15.1          The Board may, at any time, suspend or terminate the Plan. The Board may also at any time amend or revise the terms of the Plan, provided that no such amendment or revision shall in any manner materially adversely affect any rights of any Participant under the Plan theretofore granted under the Plan without such Participant’s consent.
16.
Withholding of Tax

16.1          The Corporation shall be entitled to deduct from any payment under the Plan, including the Share Unit Award, the amount of any tax, withholding, interest or penalty applicable to such payment or may require any Participant to pay such amount to the Corporation prior to and as a condition of making such payment.
17.
Interpretation

17.1          This Plan will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein.


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EXHIBIT 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Share Unit Plan of TransAlta Corporation of our reports dated March 3, 2020 with respect to the consolidated statements of financial position as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 and the consolidated statements of earnings (loss), comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2019 of TransAlta Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of TransAlta Corporation as of December 31, 2019, included in its Annual Report (Form 40-F) dated March 3, 2020 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



 
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
 
Chartered Professional Accountants


Calgary, Alberta
March 4, 2020